Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan preserves and interprets the rich history of copper mining on the Keweenaw Peninsula, where mining dates back over 7,000 years, starting with Native peoples using copper for tools and trade.
Indian Lake State Park spans 567 acres across two units on the shores of Michigan's fourth-largest inland lake—an 8,400-acre body 6 miles long and 3 miles wide—in Schoolcraft County, Upper Peninsula, near Manistique.
The Michigan History Center in Lansing offers a comprehensive look into the state's social, cultural, and industrial heritage through its museum exhibits, archives, and library.
Newaygo State Park is a 400‑acre Michigan state park located in Newaygo County, sitting on high embankments about 20 feet above Hardy Dam Pond, a six‑mile‑long section of the Muskegon River created by the Hardy Dam.
Watkins Lake State Park and County Preserve is a paired state park and nature preserve totaling about 1,122 acres spread across Jackson and Washtenaw counties, five miles west of Manchester in southern Michigan.
Mitchell State Park, officially William Mitchell State Park, is a roughly 660‑acre Michigan state park on the southwest side of Cadillac in Wexford County, set between Lake Mitchell and Lake Cadillac.
The University of Michigan, founded in 1817 originally as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania in Detroit, is the oldest university in Michigan and one of the earliest public research universities in the United States.
South Higgins Lake State Park’s campground is one of the largest in the Michigan state‑park system, with around 400 modern sites spread across the wooded southern shore of Higgins Lake in Roscommon County.
Ojibwa Casino Marquette in Marquette, Michigan, is a welcoming Native American casino owned by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, situated at 105 Acre Trail off M-28 in the Upper Peninsula, offering a fun gaming escape on groomed snowmobile trails.
Orchard Beach State Park is a 201‑acre Michigan state park perched on a roughly 100‑foot bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, about three miles north of the city of Manistee in Manistee County.
Friends of Negwegon State Park is a nonprofit, volunteer group dedicated to helping preserve and protect Negwegon State Park on Lake Huron’s eastern shore in northeastern Michigan.
Four Winds Casino Hartford in Hartford, Michigan, is a 52,000-square-foot land-based casino owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, opened in August 2011 on Red Arrow Highway and operating as a satellite to the larger New Buffalo property.
Craig Lake State Park spans over 9,700 acres across Baraga and Marquette counties in Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula, making it the state's most wilderness-oriented park with no vehicle access to interior areas.
Van Buren State Park is a 400‑acre Michigan state park along the Lake Michigan shoreline about four miles south of the town of South Haven in Van Buren County.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, was founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey and named after their wives, both named Ann, and the abundant oak trees in the area.
Duck Lake State Park spans 728 acres along Lake Michigan's shores, five miles southwest of Whitehall in Muskegon County, Michigan, connecting Duck Lake to the Great Lake via a shallow channel.
