Nothing like starting your day off with a sunrise on the east coast of Michigan at the Tawas Point State Park beach.
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The Tawas lighthouse in the Tawas State Park. I was camping at the park and I wanted a pic of the lighthouse under the stars so while I was out there the rangers told me I was not supposed to be in that section of the park at night but I asked politely and they
In Troy’s White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, next to I-75, a striking white marble polar bear monument stands out among the cemetery’s predominantly flat headstones. In 1918, as World War I neared its end, the Bolsheviks’ rise in Russia and their peace treaty with Germany alarmed the Allies. Concerned about German or Bolshevik seizure of
I am proud to announce the release of my new book Lost In Michigan’s Abandoned Places has just been released. It contains stories of places around Michigan that was abanded for thier original purpose. Many of the locations are on public property such as state and local parks and allow people to visit and explore
Michigan has only a few covered bridges that you can drive your vehicle across. One of those bridges is the historic Fallasburg Bridge a few miles north of Lowell near Grand Rapids. To get to the bridge from Lowell you need to go through Bridge Park that sits along the Flat River. Doc Brown from
Island Park is located near downtown Mt. Pleasant where the Chippewa River flows around it. At the north end of the park is the Michigan Vietnam Vets Memorial and it honors those who served from Michigan. There is 16 plaques featuring 2705 of Michigan’s casualties, MIA’s, and POW’s. The memorial was officially dedicated as a
Michigan in early springtime can be rather gray and gloomy with brown grass and bare trees. I needed to get away so I headed to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower. No not the one in France but the one in Michigan a few miles north of Big Rapids. John Parish arrived in the area
About five miles west of Higgins Lake along N. 13 Mile Road is a wooden sign for the long gone town of Stratford. The town started in 1897 when the Thayer Lumber Company purchased 13400 acres of virgin red and white pine The railroad laid tracks to the lumber town and hauled the logs out
A Michigan historical marker stands near downtown Bay City and reminds us of a time when lumberjacks and sawmill workers labored for little pay and long hours. It reads: When Bay City’s sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be 12 to 25 percent lower than in 1884. On July 6,
Some say that the Eloise Asylum near Westland on Michigan Ave. is one of Michigan’s most haunted places, I am not sure about that claim, but I would say it’s one of Michigan more interesting places, with a lot of history both good and sad. The place began in 1839 when a log cabin known