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Attractions and Museums

A Rookie Fly Fisher in Borrowed Waders

July 27, 2010 Attractions and Museums

While on a driving tour along the Au Sable River, Hannah Agran, Midwest Living assistant travel editor and Michigan Travel Ideas contributor, spends the night at the North Branch Outing Club near Grayling and tries her hand at fly fishing.
My husband Juan and I are somewhere north of Grayling, our cell signal fading, the sky [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Places To Visit, Pure Michigan, Summer

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Do You Know The Way To Grand Marais?

June 23, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Thanks to Jennifer Rees for sharing the story of her U.P adventure!
Every year, my husband rides his bike from Cedar Springs to Mackinaw City. Every year my sister, kids, and I take a trip ‘Up North’ to pick him up. This year, the group my husband rides with decided that 285 miles just wasn’t quite [...]

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Tagged as: Family, Guest Blogger, Pure Michigan, Summer, Upper Peninsula

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Slow Down and Shut up!

June 14, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Thank you to Jess Venlet for reminding us of how important it is sometimes to slow down and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us.   
Last summer I traveled to Northern Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Lakeshore for the first time ever. I was making the trip with my boyfriend, and my excitement dwindled as we drove. We [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Pure Michigan, Summer, Things to Do

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My Michigan Moments

June 10, 2010 Attractions and Museums

As Michigan Travel Ideas editors and writers hit the roads of the Great Lakes state in search of their own “Michigan Moments,” Terri Ketcham, Michigan Travel Ideas Associate Art Director, shares hers from a trip she took to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
At the end of a long day of scouting in and around [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Pure Michigan, Summer, Things to Do

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Playing the Odds

June 4, 2010 Attractions and Museums

John Grochowski, Michigan Travel Ideas contributing writer, shares insider tips from his latest trip to the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
I’ve been writing about casino games for 14 years, and I wanted to see if Soaring Eagle met my personal criteria as a place to play:

Do blackjack rules and video [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Places To Visit, Pure Michigan

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Up North Road Trip

May 20, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Thank you to Katie Dennis for this guest blog post on the road trip she took with her husband for their one year anniversary.  Remember – we are always looking for guest bloggers, so send in your Pure Michigan stories!  
 
 
My husband and I got married last spring at one of Michigan’s most popular places, [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Lighthouses, Mackinac Island, Pure Michigan, Road Trip, Upper Peninsula

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Road Trip

March 11, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Special thanks to Kendall Newberry for finding this piece he wrote in 2006 and sharing it with us.
What does a three day weekend and a rental car equal?  ROAD TRIP!  As my girlfriend and I prepared to celebrate our birthdays (mine was a few weeks earlier), we had a map of Michigan between us and [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Mackinac, Pure Michigan

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

March 1, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Thank you to JT Royster of Brighton for providing this guest blog post and stunning images of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Located on a northern tip of land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, bordering Lake Superior, and near the tiny town of Munising is my favorite place in Michigan…the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This park [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Pure Michigan, Upper Peninsula

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Car Fanatic’s Tour of Southeast Michigan

January 22, 2010 Attractions and Museums

As motor heads shift into gear for Detroit’s North American International Auto Show (January 11–24), Dan Wiese, an automotive writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, recalls a recent car lover’s dream tour of southeast Michigan he made for Michigan Travel Ideas. On a whirlwind two-day trip, he and his wife visit a working auto plant, [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Places To Visit, Pure Michigan, Things to Do

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2010 North American International Auto Show

January 14, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Earlier this week, Pure Michigan’s own Maria Wygnal and George Zimmermann got a sneak peek inside the 2010 North American International Auto Show. They joined thousands of journalists from around the world as they gathered in Detroit for a first look at concepts and production models, as well as the latest automotive industry announcements. While [...]

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Tagged as: Events, Guest Blogger, Pure Michigan, Things to Do

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