A view from the Sleeping Bear Dunes When I started this blog a little more than four years ago, I was living in Virginia and yearning to...

Downtown Market Despite being born and raised in the Detroit area, I somehow never visited Grand Rapids before. I didn't have anythi...

A view of Grand Traverse Bay from the Shores My family and I spent Memorial Day weekend in Traverse City because I had the crazy idea to...

My family visited Marquette at the end of August, and my two young daughters (age eight and four) loved everything about it. With its m...

A view from Presque Isle Presque Isle in Marquette is not an island. It's almost an island. Or is it more than an island? ...

Downtown Marquette I made my first visit to Marquette at the end of August and was impressed by this awesome city. Although it sits on...

Hills Point Docking's boathouse from the beach at Hills Point Resort The Les Cheneaux Islands are one of my favorite spots in Michig...

Kal-Haven Trail Before the advent of automobiles and highways, trains carried Michiganders and cargo across a system of rails connecti...

Lake Michigan and the South Haven Lighthouse This past weekend, my wife, Allison, and I visited South Haven for a quick vacation. Sout...

Downtown Lake Orion Michigan has so many great towns to visit for a weekend, a day trip, or even an afternoon. In Metro Detroit, there a...

This is Detroit When asked where to escape for an overnight stay or a weekend, many Metro Detroiters probably would mention ski trips to...

Les Cheneaux Island fishing When recently driving along the Upper Peninsula's highways, I saw a few abandoned resorts with their lon...

Pictured Rocks Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior stretches from Grand Marais in the east to Munising in ...

Grand Marais beach with the giant dunes on the horizon During my recent visit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I repeatedly asked m...

Dear Great Lakes,  I underestimated you. Lake Superior I grew up loving the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. I lived in a little beach...

Me walking towards Lake Michigan at Point Betsie On our way home to Metro Detroit from our recent trip to Traverse City , we could ha...