You have probably heard someone make a joke about a two-story outhouse. One of my readers told me about a two-story outhouse near Cedar Lake in central Michigan, so I had to check it out for myself. The house that it sat behind was recently was destroyed by fire, so you can’t get a real
As some of you know, I am from Saginaw, and have lived here my whole life (I even do a website about Saginaw HERE). Traveling around Michigan, I see so many beautiful old abandoned houses in other towns around the state. Saginaw has it’s own historic abandoned mansion near downtown that is well known by the
I have been to a lot of different waterfalls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula but my favorite is Adler Falls. Located northwest of Marquette it can be a little tricky to find on a two-track road off County Road 550 near Big Bay. After parking near a little wooden sign for the falls you need to hike
when I was in Otisville, I saw this Subway and thought “wow what a beautiful old building” then I noticed it even had an historical marker sign next to it. I thought what a remarkable building for a national franchise chain to be in, and in an era where most chain restaurants bulldoze old buildings
The Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School in Mt Pleasant is a strange and mysterious looking place, and doing some research I found that it’s history is strange and mysterious too. According to wikipedia the first building was erected in 1892 for the purposes of educating Native American children and the eight-classroom building opened to
I saw these six little cabins or shacks or whatever they are, in the little town of Laporte south of Midland. they looked like some old resort cabins like I see up north. I would not consider Laporte a tourist town so I am thinking they are old cabins for farm workers or something, but
In 1998 a 52 foot tall lighthouse was built built by Ed Morris of Bay City at the one-man machine shop, Morris Machine & Mold, for the Monroe welcome center. In 2004 the welcome center was remodeled, and the lighthouse was no longer needed. St. Ignace Welcome Center heard about the lighthouse, and found out it would be demolished
I took this pic of the sun setting over Grousehaven lake in the Rifle River Recreation area a week or tow ago, I meant to post it earlier but life gets in the way of what I want to do. it’s hard to believe another month is gone this year and this summer is
I saw this old barn living near Standish amongst the wildflowers. Looking at the ladder running up the side of the silo I can’t imagine having to climb it. It would mean a lot to me if you Subscribe to Lost In Michigan [fbcomments]
About 20 years ago I visited Mackinac Island with my wife and I remember looking at a beautiful cottage and on a sign out front it read,” Home of the Inventor of the Manila Folder” for some reason that always stuck with me, The Folder seems like such a simple thing but I guess
