I know I am sometimes lost in Michigan but I am not that lost to be in Moscow Russia. The town of Moscow Michigan can be found along historic US-12. The first settlers came to the area in 1831 and it was Alonzo Kies who came to the area from Moscow, New York, and gave
Potawatomi Falls are located along the Black River and drop about 30 feet. There is an overlook along the Black River Scenic Byway where you can see this beautiful waterfall named for a local Native American tribe. It is hard to capture its size and beauty in a photograph but if you are in the
If you make a trip around Lake Charlevoix, which I highly recommend you do, you will travel through the small town of Horton Bay, Besides a nice little historic general store it has this white town hall. In front of it stands a Michigan historical marker that reads: Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this
This massive white barn with a green roof sits in the town of Eaton Rapids. It is one of the largest barns in Michigan. It is hard to miss the MILLER DAIRY FARM No 1 painted on the side of it. A historical mark next to it gives a little history of this historic farm
West of downtown Sault Ste Marie near the Lake Superior State Campus is an old stone and brick water tower. The 45-foot diameter tower was constructed in 1894 and the steel tank inside holds 364,000 gallons of water. It is one of the oldest water towers in Michigan and was refurbished in 2010. That is
Awakon Park in Onaway Michigan was the site of the American Wood Rim Company. While most of the factory is gone a few structures and remnants remain. Started in 1901 to build wood bicycle rims the company began building wooden automobile steering wheels in 1904. With the success of their steering wheels and the booming
This beautiful brick victorian house stands in downtown Chelsea. It was built around 1878 for Michigan State Senator James Gorman, a politician, lawyer, and cigar manufacturer. The house is now a bed and breakfast and is known as the Chelsea House Victorian Inn. Lost In Michigan books are ON SALE this weekend on Amazon HERE Thank you
Roaming around Ypsilanti, I came across this old grain elevator and had to stop and take a pic of it. I find that in many small towns, the grain elevator is the center of town, but in some of the larger cities the grain elevators are not so important, but I am sure at one
This cute little log cabin church sits in the heart of the Upper Peninsula in what remains of the small town of Mansfield not far from Crystal Falls. Built in the late 1800s it was the only church in Mansfield. It was maintained by a Lutheran Congregation but used by other faiths. As the town’s
Guiding ships into the western end of the Straits of Mackinac the White Shoal Lighthouse sits miles away from land in northern Lake Michigan. The light was a marvel of engineering when it was constructed in 1908 and compleated in 1910. The lighthouse with its unique “candy cane” red and white stripes, is the only
