I say this is a Mystery House because I am not sure where It’s located, I know i was somewhere between Owosso and Flint, but I cant for the life of me remember where I was at when I took this pic a few years ago. To some people that may sound strange, but I
Completed in 1858 the Point Betsie Lighthouse, north of Frankfort, is the oldest building in Benzie County. Standing along the shores of Lake Michigan marking the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage. In 1875 one of the first life saving stations was established by the U. S. Life Saving Service at the lighthouse. This was
Another old barn I found on my travels thru the state, and this one was near Lupton. Like most of the other barns I have photographed, I know nothing about it’s history, other than at one time it was the pride of the family that built it to shelter their horses, or tractors, or whatever you put
Bond Falls near Paulding in the west side of the Upper Peninsula is a truly magnificent waterfall to see. It’s a Scenic Site maintained by the DNR, and if you have a recreation passport on your vehicle registration, then you can visit without having to stop and pay for a pass like all the people I saw
The people on the west side of the state probably won’t recognize this flag, but the people on the east side of the state that travel I75 will recognize this brick flag that stands along the highway near Bay City. It has the 50 state design on one side and the bicentennial design with the
On 24 March 1836, the legislature passed an act organizing Livingston County and Howell was slated to become the County seat. This claim was vigorously opposed by a group from Brighton until the county buildings were actually erected 12 years later. The town was originally called Livingston Center because it was in the center of the
When I was a kid my dad would take my brothers and I out fishing on the bay, ( Saginaw Bay for those who don’t live in the Saginaw Valley) sometimes we would go to Au Gres and stop to Lutz’s for breakfast and then on the way back from fishing we would stop and
Constructed for Charles O’Malley about 1852, this building was one of the first summer hotels on Mackinac Island. Captain Henry Van Allen, a Great Lakes skipper, purchased the hotel in 1865. He later moved it from the beach to its present location. By the 1880s the Island House was known as “The best family hotel
I saw this little barn in the town of Rosebush, a few miles north of Mount Pleasant, and like so many other barns in the area, it has a round or arched roof. After searching google, I found some info about the round roofs at the National Trust For Historic Preservation. The Round roof gained
Standing on a tall rocky bluff overlooking Lake Superior is the Big Bay Point Lighthouse built in 1897 near the town of Big Bay. The House was built as a duplex with one side for the head lighthouse keeper and the other for the assistant keeper. Those who worked at Big Bay Point were truly
