A few miles from the main entrance to Porcupine Mountains State Park is the small town of Silver City. Next to an old boarded-up gift shop is a mangled propeller. It is about all that remains of a B-17 bomber that crashed in the Porkies. On April 18th, 1944 the B-17 was on a training
If you have ever been to the Holland State Park beach you have probably been past this old brick building. It was built in 1901 as an Edison Electric Power Plant to provide lighting for the Ottawa Beach Hotel complex. Sadly the hotel burned down in 1923 and pumps were installed in the old powerhouse
The Porcupine Mountains in the western Upper Peninsula is the largest state park in Michigan. It is known for its hiking trails, waterfalls, and the Lake Of The Clouds. But few people know that hidden among the trees are the ruins of an old mining town. Nonesuch is a type of copper ore that exists
Mt. Pisgah located in Holland State Park is not the tallest mountain in the state but at 157 feet and over 200 hundred steps I was feeling the burn as I climbed the stairway. I was curious about the name Mt. Pisgah and I leared that was the name of the mountain that Moses climbed
Meridian Baseline Historic state park sits in the woods north of Jackson. It is the location where all of Michigan was surveyed from when the state was admitted to the union. Due to an error between two surveyors Michigan is the only state to have two basepoints. One is for the east side of the
I visit a lot of locations around the state and it’s always nice to see the red white and blue flag of the USA proudly flying on a flag pole. I took this photo at Fort Wilkins State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. I have visited it a few times and never
Crisp Point Lighthouse stands along Lake Superior almost straight north of Tahquamenon Falls State Park. If you are looking for an adventure take a trip out to the historic lighthouse. It is one of the most remote lighthouses standing on the mainland of Michigan. It is about 20 miles of dirt road to get to
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
This bright red “Big Wheel” greets visitors at the entrance to Hartwick Pines State Park. Years ago lumberjacks would use them with a team of oxen to pull out logs from the Michigan forest. The park has 49 acres of old-growth pine forest and a logging museum open during the summer. The road to the
The Wagoshance Lighthouse (or as the old sailors called it, Wobbleshanks) sits out in Lake Michigan not far from Mackinac City off the coast of Wilderness State Park. It is at a remote place out away from sight by most tourists and has been forgotten and left to crumble into Lake Michigan. It was the