Halloween comes early on Mackinac Island. Celebrate with the Great Turtle Trail Run, trick-or-treating for kids and Halloween costume parties for adults throughout island establishments. Michigan ...

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We love a simple, classic dock. But unfortunately, so do those gaggles of geese. Imagine if, instead of hosting them (and the half-dozen decoy owls and whirlygig spiders you set out to deter them), ...

There’s a lot to be said for having less house and more life outside it. Especially when the house sits on one Traverse City’s Washington Street, with a backyard built for lingering long after dinner.

Screams in the Dark turns October weekends into full evenings of scares with three main attractions. Blackwood Manor gives you that full haunted house experience, where something could be lurking ...

Spring has finally sprung in Northern Michigan, and if you’re looking for ways to make the most of the fleeting season, we’ve got you covered.

Earth tones and white-pine timbers define this home on the wooded shore of tiny Herendeene Lake near the village of Lake Ann. This Lakeside Lodge is a part of the 2024 Northern … ...

Former colleagues from the now-closed Brilliant Books launched Artemis Books and Goods in Traverse City, evolving their ...

Kelly and Matt Bulloch successfully restored Hull House, a historic 1894 Queen Anne Victorian in Traverse City, preserving ...