Features

Summer vacationers and seasonal cottage owners were milling about Glen Arbor last August when the Leelanau County community was struck by a storm that left it in shambles.

Michigan’s most imperiled species can be elusive to find, much less photograph, which makes capturing a great image all the more rewarding.

Whether you’re looking for something different to do in a day trip or ways to entertain out-of-town relatives over the holidays, home tours offer a diversion from winter’s unpredictable weather and home decorating ideas. 

Though local holiday decor may be more conventional than in some parts of the country, folks definitely get festive in the Midwest, and fireplace mantels set the stage for seasonal displays.

From ice caves in the Upper Peninsula to rural scenes in Leelanau County, sprinkled with glowing streetscapes, lively winter activities and some of the state’s most scenic spots and unique natural formations, the following pages capture both the pristine, unbridled beauty and stark, cold landscape of Michigan in winter.

In the quiet winter woods of the Manistee National Forest, where sounds are muffled by blankets of deep snow, Roger Starke’s voice commands cut through the silence as his sled dogs pull him briskly along the trail.  

Michigan-based photographers share moments spent among dunes across the state, captured during autumn after summer crowds have dispersed and nature presents a new palette of hues.

In October, every farmhand is busy wrapping up the harvest of Michigan’s hardiest fruit crop that delivers a sweet economic impact of $900 million every year.

We need trees. Not just for air and shelter, heat and toilet paper, but to nudge us out of our usual point of view. Whether it’s looking up from the base or looking out from the peak, trees teach perspective.

Heading in any direction from lake to lake, border to border in the State of Michigan, a true, international golf experience is just a short trip away.