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While most people who visit Mackinac Island are familiar with the impressive fort located there, there are actually two historic forts located in the Mackinac Straights. On the mainland in Mackinaw City, with the entrance located just under the Mackinac Bridge is full sized reproduction of Fort Michilimackinac. I was expecting a tourist trap fort, but found an absolutely excellent reproduction 1700s fort built on the foundations of the original ruins burned by the British during the Revolutionary War.

Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City Offers Mix of Living History and Archeology

June 12, 2024Historical Site, Michigan

The entrance into the reconstructed 1700s Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, Michigan. While most people who visit Mackinac Island are familiar with the impressive fort located there, there are actually…

My daughter back lit by a large flashlight during out self-guided tour in the Delaware Mine in the Michigan Upper Peninsula's Copper Country.

Exploring the Michigan UP Delaware Copper Mine Abandoned in 1887

February 19, 2022Geology, Michigan, Michigan Copper Country, Travel, UP

The Delaware Mine is one of three copper mines in Copper Country in the Michigan Upper Peninsula's Keweenaw Peninsula open to the public to explore.