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Here are 19 backroads drives around Lake Michigan, showing you the grand lake as never before in this richly illustrated exploration of the Great Lake's history, culture, ecology, and natural beauty. The big blue inland sea—the only Great Lake entirely within U.S. borders—appears here in all its natural diversity. These day trips take you to the ancient forests and vast sand dunes of Michigan and Wisconsin and on beautiful backroads
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Michigan has two beautiful peninsulas that are connected by stories, legends, and mysteries. This book is the perfect glove compartment companion for exploring those paranormal parts of the Mitten State, as most of these hotels, restaurants, theaters, lighthouses, and other places are open to the public. This road trip to "the other side," filled with hauntings, ghost towns, and bizarre tales of murder and mayhem, draws from more than 300 years of...
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"Get the perfect guide to rocks and minerals of the Great Lake State! This book by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch features comprehensive entries for 96 Michigan rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. Learn from the fascinating information about everything from Petoskey stone and copper to gold and agates. The easy-to-use format means you'll quickly find what you need to know and where to look. The authors' incredible, sharp, full-color photographs...
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"Michigan is among the most haunted states in America, and this collection of stories presents the creepiest, most surprising of them all. Horror fans and history buffs will delight in 27 chilling tales about haunted locations."--Excerpted from back cover summary.
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"Your all-in-one guide to Michigan's best outings! Discover hundreds of unique attractions! This comprehensive guide is jam-packed with Michigan's top spots for entertainment and enjoyment. Find the fun, the fascinating, and the downright unusual. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that appeal to you. Useful for singles, couples, and families -- visitors and residents alike -- this guide encompasses a wide range...
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"Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you'll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Along with humorous histories and witty observations, Oddball Michigan provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 450 entries. "--
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This collection of 118 recipes captures the evocative food experiences of the Lake Michigan region, an ultimate vacation destination with hundreds of miles of shoreline and rich food traditions reflecting the bounty of the area's farms and the lake's daily catch. Recipes include Helen Suchy's Apple Cake from Door County, Homemade Sheboygan-Style Bratwurst, Chicago's HBFC Original Fried Chicken Sandwich, Beach House Cheesy Potatoes from Northwest Indiana,...
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After spending over 20 years in Southern California and photographing food for over 350 restaurants, Robert and his wife moved back to their home state of Michigan and settled in Mt Pleasant. Soon, Robert became enamored with the beauty and unique architecture of Michigan's barns, traveling hundreds of miles on the back roads to capture images of different barns.
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As part of the America's Haunted Road Trip series, Ghosthunting Michigan takes readers along on a guided tour of some of the Great Lake State's most haunted historic locations. With a background in library science, author Helen Pattskyn researched each location thoroughly before visiting, digging up clues for the paranormal aspect of each site. Her approach to each site allows readers to decide whether or not the ghost stories are really true. In...
14) Grand Rapids
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For millennia, people have gathered at the rapids of the Grand River, the place where downtown Grand Rapids now stands. From its earliest recorded history in the 1820s as a tiny frontier trading post, through many booming decades as the "Furniture City," to its newest reinvention as a center of public art, Grand Rapids has a fascinating history. By 1850, when the city was incorporated, several early industries, including logging, milling, and brewing,...
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