| PAID CONTENT Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau shares an intriguing look back at the history of agriculture in the region and the importance of small family farms. You’ll see Port Oneida, a true historical gem that’s home to 19 farms on 3,500 protected...
| PAID CONTENT We all know the legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, how a mother and her cubs fleeing a forest fire swam across Lake Michigan—but the cubs never made it, forming North and South Manitou islands while the mama bear waited on shore,...
Why are Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City spelled differently? And how are they pronounced? Mack-in-aw or Mack-i-nack—we get to the bottom of the mystery. Here to help is Phil Porter, Director of Mackinac State Historic Parks. Watch this video before your Mackinac or...
Discover what Northern Michigan life was like in the late 1800s with an Upper Peninsula historic tour of the Fayette Historic Townsite and State Park. Structures surrounded by a serene Lake Michigan harbor represent a once bustling industrial community, welcoming...
The Village at Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City is not only Michigan’s largest historic preservation project, it has also become a thriving community that is home to several restaurants, private condominiums, shops, a bakery, winery, coffee shop, weekly...