I saw this old house or maybe an old schoolhouse hiding among some trees and I had to stop and take a photo. I was out roaming the backroads somewhere between Richmond and Marine City when I came upon it. I was not able to find out any history and walls don’t talk so I
While out exploring Michigan I like to go and visit small towns I have never been to before, and see what there is. I love it when they still have a historic downtown area like the one in Lowell. If I am really adventurous, I just look at the map, and find a town I
The historic town of Nahma started as a company sawmill town. It sits along Lake Michigan a few miles from US-2. The town of Nahma was established in 1881 by the Bay De Noquet Lumber Company. They built a railroad to haul logs to the sawmill. In 1912, The Nahma and Northern Railway purchased Locomotive
I go to the baking isle in the grocery store and see all the little blue and white boxes of Jiffy Mix. They remind me of the grain elevator/plant in Chelsea where it is produced. It’s like a giant box of Jiffy Mix. It is nice to have products made in the USA but it
This old building that looks like a stone motel was the old Echo Valley Resort. It overlooks Johannesburg Lake and is now part of the Louis M. Groen Nature Preserve. I am not sure when it closed, but it must have been really special to stay in it back in the day. Thank you for
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. The Round roof gained popularity in the 1920’s after WWI as it was found to have more room for storing hay and
This old General Store sits in Huron City near the tip of the Thumb. It was built in 1885 after the great fire of 1881 that swept through the forests of the Thumb. It closed in the 1950s and is now part of the Huron City Museum. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan,
The remnants of the old Halliwell mine can be found in the Porcupine Mountains. South of the visitor’s center on S. Boundry Road is where the mine once stood after it was constructed in 1895. The mine sunk two vertical shafts but it never made a profit and closed in 1908. After the mine closed
This old house stands in Flint near Powers Catholic High School. The school was originally the Michigan School For the Deaf. A historical marker stands next to the house and reads: The Superintendent’s Cottage, completed in 1890, is the oldest building on the campus of the Michigan School for the Deaf. With the exception of
The Legs Inn, in the town of Cross Village, is named for the stove legs that trim the roofline. It is a popular stop along M-119 at the north end of the Tunnel of Trees. The building was built by Stanley Smolak. He came to the United States in 1912 from Poland and settled in
