A few yards off the road north of Reed City is a rusting old railroad bridge. It looks different than your ordinary bridge since it is a lot smaller with narrow tracks. On the side in faded white paint lettering are the words, Leprechaun Line. This was part of a miniature railroad that local businessman
This old chimney stands in the woods east of Copper Harbor and Lake Fanny Hooe. The old smokestack is all that remains of the Clark Mine. It was first dug in 1853 and operated by a few different companies until it closed in 1901. All that remains is this old chimney and an area covered
“The Man on the Cross” by the renowned Michigan sculptor Marshall Fredericks. It is made of bronze 3/8″ to 1/2″ thick. It weighs seven tons, is twenty-eight feet tall from head to toe, and the outstretched arms span twenty-one feet. The figure of Christ is attached by thirteen bolts 30″ long and 2″ thick that
I came across this pic of an old building in Columbiaville that I never posted. I am not sure what this place is or was but it looks like an old general store at one time. In 1848 a sawmill was built by George and Henry Niver, on the bank of the river. The town
Across from the Rock for Fort St Joseph is a stone cross that stand up on a hill that overlooks the river. At the bottom of the cross is carved the word Allouez. The stone cross marks the location where Father Jean Claude Allouez is buried after his death in 1689. Born in France in
I was out roaming the back roads in the Marion Springs area west of Chesaning. I came across this old barn and it reminded me of the motel I stayed at in the Keweenaw. When I checked in I told the owner I was exploring Michigan for my website and he said to me. ”
Grays Reef is in northern Lake Michigan near the entrance to the Straits Of Mackinac. It was marked by a lightship until 1937 when this lighthouse was completed. It was manned by a crew of four men and one night in May of 1965 they were startled by a large thump when the freighter J.E.
This old building stands along the tracks that pass through the Upper Peninsula town of Herman. It is located a remotes section of the Huron Mountains southeast of L’Anse. The town was named for lumberjack Herman Keranen who took up farming in the area. Over the decades the population has dwindled and it is mostly
Hidden among the trees is this old forgotten school. It is in the town of Forester on the shoreline of Lake Huron in the Thumb. Forester’s most well-known resident is Minnie Quay who committed suicide after she found out her lover’s ship sank while sailing the Great Lakes. You can read more about her HERE I have driven
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