| PAID CONTENT Crystal-clear waters, historic shipwrecks, island escapes, epic mountain biking … Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has endless adventures. From a relaxing day on a golf course to a scenic ferry ride to South Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear...
As the wildflowers begin to blossom during Spring in Northern Michigan, the Lake Michigan views are even more stunning. Head to the Sleeping Bear Dunes for a guided wildflower hike with SBD tours in one of Michigan’s most iconic destinations. Photo by Sleeping...
| PAID CONTENT You can do a different hike every day at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where 100 miles of trails lace through beautiful woods and along breathtaking bluffs with views of Lake Michigan. But if you don’t have time to explore them all,...
| PAID CONTENT Three lighthouses guide ships (and today, welcome visitors) along Northern Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. From Lake Michigan’s very first lighthouse to the last manned lighthouse on the lake, we travel to each one with...
Traverse Magazine and Leelanau Conservancy alum Carolyn Faught is finding a colorful—and meaningful—mission in life’s next chapter with Omena Cut Flowers. This article first appeared in Traverse, Northern Michigan's magazine. Find this article and more when you...
For the love of Northern Michigan skiing! At 90 years old, Tom Awrey is still imparting his ski wisdom— and hitting the slopes —at The Homestead in Glen Arbor. This article first appeared in Traverse, Northern Michigan's magazine. Find this article and more when you...
| PAID CONTENT Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau takes us to the family-friendly ski slopes at The Homestead. This four-season Northern Michigan resort in Glen Arbor embraces winter with hills for both first-timers and avid skiers—and a Lake Michigan view...
Located in Empire, Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak is celebrating winter in Northern Michigan with a new challenge that requires you to head outdoors and play in the water AND on the snow in the same day. Are you up for this Northern Michigan outdoors challenge?...
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in Empire is on everyone’s Sleeping Bear Dunes must-dune list in the summer. But have you explored it in the heart of a true Northern Michigan winter? Grab your snowshoes and dive in. Untouched. Unkept. Uninhabited. It’s as gorgeous as it...
