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Stellar Cities: 6 Places in the US That Take Stargazing Seriously

Posted on April 18th, 2018

These small cities have worked hard to protect and enhance their most priceless amenities: dark skies and bright stars.

Look up at the sky in most big cities and you can spot 500 or so stars — and that’s on a good night. But what happens when you tilt your head back in a designated dark sky park? READ MO

Posted on April 18th, 2018

Column: Mindfulness found in search for Petoskey stones on Lake Michigan shore

Posted on August 17th, 2017

Kneeling in the waves of Lake Michigan, I was reminded that sometimes there is nothing more important in this world than searching for a stone. Not just any stone, of course. In this case, it was a Petoskey stone, fossilized coral found along the beaches of northwestern Michigan, remnants of an ancie… Read More

Posted on August 17th, 2017

Northwest Michigan: Your Next Sweet Summertime Getaway

Posted on June 29th, 2017

What if I were to tell you of a place where lavender fields bloom, vineyards line winding roads, morel mushrooms wait for you in the woods, cute waterside villages dot the land, and summer festivals abound. Thinking maybe the South of France? Napa Valley? How about if I add towering white sand d… Read More

Posted on June 29th, 2017

Headlands Wins the Prestigious 2017 Pure Award at the Pure Michigan Conference on Tourism

Posted on March 23rd, 2017

Headlands Wins the Prestigious 2017 Pure Award at the Pure Michigan Conference on Tourism Emmet County’s International Dark Sky Park at the Headlands won the distinguished recognition of the state’s premier Pure Michigan campaign at the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism Tuesday w… Read More

Posted on March 23rd, 2017

“Cool” vibes Up North in Boyne City, Michigan

Posted on November 1st, 2016

Several weekends ago we ventured to Boyne City, Michigan to take in the vibrant fall colors of Northwest Lower Michigan. Beyond the standard driving tour, we stopped at a park/preserve that was once a busy ski hill in the winter months, Avalanche Peak in Boyne City. A few days previous to our journey t… Read More

Posted on November 1st, 2016

Petoskey State Park: A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Posted on October 24th, 2016

In the Paleozoic Era, roughly 400 million years ago, Michigan wasn’t the chilly northern state we know it as now. It was somewhere near the equator and it was covered in a shallow, tropical sea, complete with ancient marine life. Now, Petoskey State Park on the shore of Lake Michigan holds some… Read More

Posted on October 24th, 2016

Michigan’s top fall color spot: Tunnel of Trees!

Posted on October 19th, 2016

Michigan’s Top fall color spot: Tunnel of Trees!

CROSS VILLAGE – The unique restaurant known as Legs Inn has just closed for the season, but that may have been a hasty decision.

“Fall color is probably peaking right now,” said owner George Smolak. “Bu… Read More

Posted on October 19th, 2016

Michigan’s ‘Tunnel of Trees’ among most scenic fall routes for motorcyclists

Posted on September 22nd, 2016

Michigan is home to one of the most scenic fall routes for motorcyclists, according to a leading travel publication. Travel Pulse, a leader in travel industry news and travel videos and breaking news on cruise lines, hotels, resorts, tours, airlines and international travel, placed Michigan… Read More

Posted on September 22nd, 2016

Bucket List Cycling: The Tunnel of Trees

Posted on August 25th, 2016

Bucket List Cycling Rides: The Tunnel of Trees, Harbor Springs, Michigan I rode the tunnel of trees, South to North, along 119 just north of Harbor Springs, Michigan last year for the first time. I’ve driven the route before, long ago when I was just a kid and the day after I bought my first road b… Read More

Posted on August 25th, 2016