Michigan

Railroad history has a different kind of pull when you can stand beside the equipment that once helped…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

Some days call for a little frosting therapy, and Michigan bakeries know exactly how to answer. Across the…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

An outdoor park gets a lot more interesting when it refuses to pick just one season. In Lansing,…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

The best small-town cafés do not need flash when the food is doing the talking. Along River Street…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

A summer field gets a lot more memorable when it keeps pulling you farther down the rows. In…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

Summer has a way of turning Michigan’s most famous resorts into places everyone seems to discover at once.…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

A beach day feels a lot more dramatic when a 240-foot wall of sand is waiting behind the…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

Most ghost towns feel like scattered ruins and imagination doing half the work, but this Upper Peninsula site…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 25

Drive far enough north in Michigan and the roads start to feel like they belong to the wilderness…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

A great local theater does not need a massive marquee to make an audience feel something. In the…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

A Michigan supper club has a certain magic, no matter the season, when the windows glow, the booths…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

The Mackinac Bridge does not need much help looking dramatic, but sunset turns it into something else entirely.…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

A town does not have to be big to feel like it has its own gravitational pull. In…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

Not every ice cream order is meant to be reasonable, and this Flint favorite proves that in the…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

Ask Michigan locals where they would actually send hungry friends, and places like these tend to come up…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

A former jailhouse is not where most people expect to find one of Bay City’s most polished dinners,…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

Northern Michigan has plenty of beautiful lakes, but Torch Lake feels like nature decided to show off. Tucked…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 24

For one summer day, Ishpeming turns Al Quaal Recreation Area into one of the Upper Peninsula’s most flavorful…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

The first glimpse of Kitch-iti-kipi feels like Michigan is showing off a secret it somehow kept perfectly preserved.…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

Learning gets a lot more exciting when kids can touch, build, splash, launch, and experiment their way through…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

Michigan museums know how to keep curiosity moving. Across the state, one trip can lead from Detroit’s street-level…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

There is a small diner on North Main Street in Lawton, Michigan, that has a way of filling…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

Dinner in Sault Ste. Marie gets a little wild the moment you walk into The Antlers Restaurant. Set…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

Michigan’s shoreline knows exactly how to show off when summer arrives. All along the Great Lakes, small towns…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

Deep in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, relaxation takes on a wilder edge at the Nordic Spa at Mount Bohemia.…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 23

A summer night feels a lot more interesting when vintage automotive history and a massive outdoor market share…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 22

Car culture and comfort food rarely share the spotlight this well. Along Woodward Avenue in Berkley, Michigan, Vinsetta…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 22

Sometimes Detroit is exactly where you want to be, and sometimes the best move is grabbing the keys…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 22

Sitting right on the edge of Lake Michigan, The Deck in Muskegon is the kind of place that…

By Kathleen Ferris · Jul 22