I found this old farmhouse between Gaylord and Alba and I had to stop and get a pic ( from the road, I don’t trespass) Like many old houses I find, I look on google maps to see what’s around the area, sometimes I find a name of long lost town that has been forgotten
Yesterday, October 16, 2017, I went on a whirlwind tour of the northern Lower Peninsula. I went thru Grayling and Gaylord and the trees were about 50 percent changed in Gaylord. Then I traveled west near Torch Lake and from there the trees were still rather green. I went over to Traverse City and I was
Standing in the center of the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital is an ornate brick water tower that looks like it’s out of a fairy tale as if Rapunzel is going to let out her long golden hair out one of the windows. The hospital is no fairy tale of a place and was one of
John A. Lau immigrated from Germany to Alpena where he and his wife Agnes opened a saloon in the late 1800’s. Lumberjacks and sailors would stop by the saloon in the “Old Town” district of Alpena, I imagine back then it was the “New Town” part of Alpena. For years the couple ran the saloon, then
It’s finally here, I have been working on my book for almost a year and now you can get a copy for yourself. There are detailed addresses for every location and fascinating and informative stories that you will enjoy reading. This is the perfect book to keep in your car when you’re out exploring the Mitten State.
I saw this old barn while I was on M-22 near Manistee a few years ago. cars were whizzing by headed to the nearby casino but I stopped on the side of the road anyway because I thought this was such a beautiful sight with the Autumn trees in full color. Sorry I have not
When I mention suspension bridge most Michiganders think of the Mackinaw Bridge with its tall white towers and green decking stretching across from the lower to the upper peninsula. There is another suspension bridge that crosses the Rifle River on the hiking trails in the Rifle River Recreation Area near Lupton. Millions of motorists have crossed
I was at the Shiawassee Fairgrounds recently for my son’s cross country meet and standing at the entrance to the fairgrounds was this old silo surrounded by sunflowers. I am a city boy and no expert on silos or farms but I know that the silos built with the square brown tiles are old. I
The 2018 Lost In Michigan Wall Calendars are now in stock and on sale this week. They are the lowest price of the season for those of you who order early. Last year I sold out of them by the middle of December. Thank you so much to everyone who got one last year, I
I stopped in West Branch recently and like I normally do, I get off I-75 on one exit and drive thru town and get back on the other exit. Just south of Downtown I noticed this old closed up gas station party store that was for sale. I could not help but noticed the woodwork
