On some of my trips, I like to have a few locations to visit since I am a long way from home. I want to be sure to have pics I can post. Of course, the logical route would be to take the main road and go directly to what I want to see. On
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In the late 1800s, the town of Forester was a booming lumber town. Located on Lake Huron, ships would tie up at the docks that stretched out into the lake and load their holds full of timber. The town had three hotels and one of them was built by George Tanner in 1871. The significance
Muskegon has many beautiful old historic buildings and one of my favorites is the Hackley Public Library. The Historical marker in fron of the magnificent stone building reads: On May 25, 1888, Muskegon lumber baron Charles H. Hackley announced that he would donate a library to the city. Hackley stipulated that the facility be “forever maintained
The current owners of the Anchor Inn, located near the lake in Houghton Lake, have seen spirits and many unusual things like hearing footsteps when no one else is around, doors mysteriously slamming, and faucets turning off and on by themselves. Many customers have also seen strange things while dining in the historic restaurant. The
I saw this old barn up on a hill in the middle of the Leelanau Peninsula. I had to stop and take a pic because who doesn’t love an old barn. Don’t ask me where it’s located. I had been driving for a while crisscrossing the Leelanau Peninsula, and I am not sure where I was at
I took another whirlwind road trip over to the west coast of the state. I needed to some pics for my Camp Michigan project (HERE is a link if you are interested) After visiting Ludington and Pentwater I took the backroads towards home in the central part of the state. As it always does, the
The old state hospital in Traverse City was built in 1881 and was called the Northern Michigan Asylum. The hospital was established for the care of the mentally ill, its use expanded during outbreaks of tuberculosis, typhoid, diphtheria, influenza, and polio. It also cared for the elderly, served as a rehab for drug addicts, and was
In 1865 the Grand Trunk Railroad built a station to service the town of New Haven in southeast Michigan. It was along this route that a young Thomas Edison worked as a “News Butch” selling newspapers and snacks to passengers riding on the train. In 1940, on a publicity tour for the movie Young Tom Edison, Mickey Rooney,
North of the little town of Mohawk in the Keweenaw on US-41 is a sign for the Cliff Cemetery. Driving past the sign you don’t see a cemetery, but it is there hidden in the woods. After hiking about 50 yards into the forest you see tombstones among the trees. The ground is covered by