100+ Northern Michigan Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List

100+ Northern Michigan Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List

MyNorth has gathered some of the best gifts from downtown shops and boutiques all across Northern Michigan. We’ve been to Traverse City, Suttons Bay, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Frankfort, Manistee and more local small towns in search of the perfect gifts for everyone...
Shop Local: Petoskey Holiday Gift Guide

Shop Local: Petoskey Holiday Gift Guide

Santa flies in to light the big, fat evergreen in the middle of Pennsylvania Park at Petoskey’s Holiday Open House, always held on the first Friday of December. After, Santa visits with wee ones in the park gazebo, resplendent in lights and garland for the...
Shop Local: Beulah Holiday Gift Guide

Shop Local: Beulah Holiday Gift Guide

Give this darling town on Crystal Lake an extra hug for its Christmas parade award for Best-Decorated Emergency Vehicle (December 8 this year). And let us tell you, these first responders know how to decorate! Then spend the weekend just wandering the shops. Here’s a...
Shop Local: Elk Rapids Holiday Gift Guide

Shop Local: Elk Rapids Holiday Gift Guide

Come Dasher, come Dancer, Prancer and Vixen—to Elk Rapids on December 1. This darling town tucked along Lake Michigan, Elk Lake and the Elk River welcomes reindeer to its holiday celebration from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. As the sun sets, take a free horse-drawn wagon or...
Shop Local: Traverse City Holiday Gift Guide

Shop Local: Traverse City Holiday Gift Guide

Grand Traverse Bay winks in the background as happy families make their way from the Christmas tree set in the middle of Cass Street to Santa’s House at City Centre Plaza a block away. Spend a weekend wandering the shops and taking in snowy views. Here’s a peek at the...
Shop Local: Frankfort Holiday Gift Guide

Shop Local: Frankfort Holiday Gift Guide

On November 24, hop aboard a carriage in front of the Frankfort High School for an old-fashioned ride through this storybook town dressed for the holidays. Santa will be in the school from 1 to 3 p.m. and the town Christmas tree is lit at 7 p.m. After the festivities,...