(989) 732-4336 850 S Wisconsin Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735 WEBSITE Remember when you were a kid. Your whole family would pile into the car and head off on one of those classic Michigan summer vacations … and on the way up north your parents would pull off I-75 … at exit 282 and take you to Call of the Wild …
Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village
313.982.6001 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org/events/holidayNights.aspx Christmas Past is what they specialize in here. Every holiday season, The Henry Ford decks out Greenfield Village to be a totalholiday experience from the late 19th and early 20th century. You really get a feel for what early American life must have been like with cooking demonstrations, classic street vendors and …
North Pole Express
(989) 725-9464 405 South Washington Street, Owosso, MI 48867 www.michigansteamtrain.com/north-pole-express The Pere Marquette is one of only a handful of steam-powered locomotives that are still in operation, and it’s right here in Owosso. It’s the 1225 North Pole Express, and every year around the holidays, it hauls thousands of cheerful kids and their families on an magical journey to the …
Ida Christmas Parade of Lights
Ida, MI www.christmasinida.com This is Christmas in Ida, a small farming community in southeast Michigan that attracts holiday festival goes from all over the US. How do they do it??? Well, one way is with their incredible Parade of Lights celebration. For an hour and a half the entire community puts on a nighttime parade made up of over 150 …
John Ball Zoo
(616) 336-4300 1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 www.johnballzoosociety.org If you’re looking for a place where you can learn about the natural world you … there’s no better place than the zoo. And, this is a great one !!!! Just west of downtown Grand Rapids you’ll find one of the coolest zoos this side of the jungle. The …