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(231) 755-1230 1346 Bluff St., Muskegon, MI 49441 www.silversidesmuseum.org Next, we visited something I had no idea was even in Michigan, let alone Muskegon. It’s the USS Silversides, an authentic World War II submarine that’s permanently docked at the Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum. It’s a great piece of history you can explore on your own, take a guided …
(231) 941-2000 13390 SW Bay Shore Dr., Traverse City, MI 49684 www.tallshipsailing.com All my life I’ve wondered what it would be like to sail on one of those giant sailing schooners from the 1800s. Little did I know that in Traverse City, they have the Tall Ship Manitou. It’s a 114-foot, double-masted ship that offers sailing adventures from two hours …
(269) 426-4013 12032 Red Arrow Hwy., Sawyer, MI 49125 www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?type=SPRK&id=504 Our first stop in Harbor country was Warren Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan. If you’re looking for a beautiful Florida beach, don’t go to Florida (wrong peninsula), go to Warren Dunes. The beach is huge, the sand is incredible and it has something a Florida beach won’t have: the …
(734) 668-8463 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.michtheater.org There are a lot of things that give a city a sense of culture and community, and for Ann Arbor, the Michigan Theater is one of those unique places. It’s where the performing arts, music and movies meet the masses. It’s kinda like a culture sandwich. The Michigan Theater …
WDET 101.9FM Detroit, Saturdays 5p.m.-7p.m. wdet.org/shows/this-island-earth/ Ismael is a social activist, a humanitarian, an intellectual and just happened to be starved like us, so he agreed to take us to one of his favorite places to eat.
(989) 254-7710 P.O. Box 171, Au Gres, MI 48703 www.charityisland.com It was my first time exploring the area, so I asked the locals what there was to do, and the response was overwhelming. One place a lot of people recommended was Charity Island. It’s about an hour offshore and it sits smack dab in the middle of Saginaw Bay. There’s …
(906) 387-3700 Grand Marais, MI 49839 www.nps.gov/piro Munising is also home to one of the most beautiful and incredible natural wonders of the world, the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Over forty miles of two-hundred-foot sandstone cliffs, waterfalls and pristine beaches that meet crystal-clear, blue-green water. The colors you’ll see and the rock formations are like nowhere else in the world. …
(231) 627-5841 403 N. Huron St., Cheboygan, MI 49721 www.theoperahouse.org Whenever I go north in Michigan, people always ask if I’ve been to the Cheboygan Opera House, so I thought I’d see what everyone was talking about. I have to tell you: I’ve never seen another place like it. When you first see the building, you’re surprised at how modern …
(906) 632-3658 326 E. Portage, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 www.saulthistoricsites.com/tower-of-history-4 Another cool thing to check out in town is The Tower of History. It’s a 210-foot observation tower that gives you an absolutely spectacular view of the Soo Locks and the entire city. It was cool to look down and see all the places we’d been that day with …
(906) 632-3658 Corner of Johnston & Water, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 www.thevalleycamp.com If you’ve always wanted to go aboard a Great Lakes freighter, check out the S.S. Valley Camp. It’s a five-hundred-foot freighter that sailed the Great Lakes for over fifty years. Now it’s a floating maritime museum, and it’s an outstanding experience. Up on deck you really get …
