The Best Stories, Sites and Fun From Around the Great Lakes State.
by Metamora, Michigan was once a busy rural crossroads filled with wagons, storefronts, and railroad freight. Vintage postcards reveal the White Horse Inn, dirt roads, and everyday faces that shaped this enduring Lapeer County village.
by Atlanta, Michigan’s history tells of a frontier town reborn through fire, faith, and friendship. From the 1900s lumber boom to the postwar buck pole tradition, its people built a resilient community that thrives in the heart of Montmorency County’s forests.
by DEER LAKE INN, CLARKSTON, MICH. — Dated Sept. 4, 1922, this photo shows the big Deer Lake Inn perched above Deer Lake, with its wide porches ready for summer guests. …
by Roscommon, Michigan’s colorful past is full of surprises. From its logging origins with freight trains to 1930s lakeside resorts, this small town’s history defies expectations. Dive into Roscommon Michigan history with five key photos.
by A boat-shaped “Hotel Pioneer” sign and a “Liquors” banner mark this roadside stop on M-15 at Bald Eagle Lake in Ortonville — a snapshot of Michigan travel culture from a bygone era.
by Before Belleville Lake, the Huron River powered mills like Belleville’s ‘White Mill’ — a busy loading platform scene that disappeared after fires and a flood.
by A crowded log “toboggan house” in Grayling shows how big winter weekends could get Up North — sleds loading, riders bundled up, and a blur of speed heading down the tracks. What stories have you heard about these runs?
by A dirt road, log buildings, and an early car — a snapshot from Michigan’s border-country mining and logging era. The scene is linked to the Michigamme Falls area north of Florence, Wisconsin, where the river and falls were later reshaped by a dam.
by Before refrigerators, Harbor Springs stayed cool the hard way: ice delivered by wagon, with a steamer — possibly the Manitou — smoking across the bay.
by A Holland storefront once welcomed tourists with wooden shoes and Dutch souvenirs — and inside, a craftsman carved clogs by hand. Did your family ever stop here or bring a pair home?
