I like posting photos of churches around Michigan since in many places churches are central to the community, it’s where people are married, baptized, and remembered at the end of their life. When I posted a photo of St. Stephens church in Hamburg the historical Marker said it was the oldest church building still operating
This steam powered locomotive sits in Sportsmans Park in East Jordan. It was relocated by truck to the park from downtown in 2017. The locomotive pulled train cars for the East Jordan & Southern Railroad. It was started in 1901 to haul logs to sawmills in Bellaire. After the timber was gone it hauled material
A few miles south of L’Anse is Powerhouse Falls. Aptly named for the old abandoned powerhouse that is next to the falls. If you turn on west onto Dam Road and go down it about a mile it winds around to a parking lot for the falls. I have visited it before and always tried
I saw this nice looking red barn next to the road somewhere near Morely. I don’t have a story or any history to go with it for this post. I just thought it was a nice barn and made for a pretty picture. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you have not
It is that time of year when the snow is gone and it will be a while until the trees have green leaves. March and April is always a challenging time of year for me. Nature is dormant and it makes it difficult to take nice looking happy photographs. My favorite time of year is
Traveling around the Great Lakes State I visit a lot of historic and iconic places and landmarks. On occasion, I come across these round disks about 4 inches in diameter. They are survey markers placed by government agencies such as USGS, the Coast Guard, or NOAA. The markers, also called benchmarks, have the name of
The scenic drive of M-22 passes through the little town of Onekema. About a mile off M-22 down Portage Point road is a stone structure with water flowing out of it. This artesian well flows all year long. The natural spring stands next to the road and has a little parking spot next to it.
Northeast of L’Anse in the Upper Peninsula is the small town of Zeba. I am not sure if it is correct but I read that the word “zeba” is Native American for “little river” In the town of Zeba, or more like what is left of the town of Zeba, is an old wooden
The old Milan Fire Barn was built in 1897 and served as a fire station until 1979. The building housed the fire department and some of the city’s fire vehicles, including a 1938 Ford Fire Truck that Henry Ford traded to the city for an earlier Ford fire truck. Over time it also housed the
The small town of Sidnaw is located in the western part of the Upper Peninsula. There is not much on Main Street but a few houses and what looks like a building that was a general store at one time. M-28 runs nearby and that is probably why most of the structures on Main Street
