I saw this old schoolhouse somewhere near Evart. It looks as if someone has started fixing it up but it has a long way to go yet. It amazes me how many old schoolhouses I see across Michigan and it is nice that some of them have been saved and restored. I am thinking students
The house of Seven Gables in Huron City, near the tip of the thumb, is a beautifully preserved Victorian home, sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Huron. It was named by William Lyon Phelps, for the house of the same name in the Hawthorne novel. This is the third house built on this site. The
I saw this little chapel a few miles southeast of Fife Lake. I could not find any info about this small church other than the sign on the front that reads. Springfield Chapel 1900-2007. Across the road from this little church is a large cemetery. It is in this cemetery that Mary McKnight the Strychnine Saint’s
I am not sure if you notice them, but when I am driving around Michigan, I notice all the water towers. It seems like most towns have one and many of them are newer “bulb” style towers with the name of the town on them. There are others that are a little different, maybe it
This unique looking building sits in the northern Michigan town of Onaway. It was the Lobdell-Emery Wooden Steering Wheel Factory Administration Building. Tragically, the factory burned down in the 1920s and was moved to Alma. You can read about the factory in my post HERE. After the steering wheel factory moved the building was used
This tan and green depot stands in the small town of Bloomingdale. It is between Kalamazoo and South Haven and the depot was originally called the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Depot, it was completed in December 1870. Harvey Howard, owner of the local sawmill, and his brothers Zenas and Joseph supplied the lumber and
I saw this old house in Clio a few years ago. I was intrigued by the shutters on the windows. I think it is gone now but I bet it could tell some stories of walls could talk. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you have not subscribed yet, It would mean
I have some presentations this winter to talk about Lost In Michigan and the places I visited in my travels around the Great Lakes State. I hope you will be able to attend one of them. It is always nice to meet people in real life. The first program is hosted by the Tyrone Township
I saw this old wood and stone house near the ghost town of McClure. I bet it was a beautiful house when it was constructed and I love the fieldsne walls. I bet if they could talk I can only imagine the stories they would tell. If you missed my post about the town of
Michigan has a few churches named St. Patrick and this one stands north of Monroe. The historical marker in front of it reads. Irish and German immigrants first came to this area, known as Stony Creek, in the 1840s. The settlement was also called Athlone, after a city significant in Ireland’s military history. Redemptorist missionaries
