My Michigan Bucket List!
My home state has so many amazing things to explore on both the upper and lower peninsula I don’t even know where to begin.
There are absolutely things on this list that I have already done, but they are listed with no link because I plan on doing them again with fresh eyes. Stay tuned.
- √ Visit Mount Calvary Cemetery (2010)
- √ Photograph a UofM Football Game (2012)
- √ Explore Michigan Central Station (2009)
- √ Visit Elmwood Historic Cemetery (2012)
- √ Matthaei Botanical Gardens (2014)
- √ Sea Life Michigan Aquarium (2015)
- √ Creature Conservancy, Ann Arbor (2017)
- √ Creature Conservancy, Ann Arbor Take 2 (2025) IG reel, no blog post
- Erebus Haunted Attraction (Pontiac)
- Five Iron Golf (Detroit)
- Silver Lake Sand Dunes (2017) Post is about Travel Photos, but number 4 includes Silver Lake Sand Dunes
- 40 Mile Point Lighthouse (shipwreck on beach) Rogers City
- Isle Royale National Park
- Mackinac Island
- Drowning Pool (Haunted)
- Grand Hotel (Haunted)
- Mission Point Resort (Haunted)
- Cross the Mackinac Bridge
- Belle Isle – Take Selfie between two countries (South end of Belle Isle between Windsor, Canada shoreline and downtown Detroit marked by Renaissance Center towers)
- Greenfield Village
- √ Detroit Institute of Arts (https://dia.org/) – I didn’t do a post or video but below is a pic from my visit Nov 16, 2024 . And even as 2 adults we had so much fun doing the “Eye Spy” scavenger hunts. Definitely recommend
- Pictured Rocks
- Tahquamenon Falls – The link will show you more than just the falls – I had so much fun up north
- Kayak to Turnip Rock
- Motown Museum Detroit
- Soo Locks
- Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids
- Explore Haunted Eloise Asylum (Ghost Hunt Tour) Westland, MI
- √ Visit Hell, MI
- Waterfalls in Ocqueoc, MI
- Mushroom Houses – Charlevoix, MI
- Marvins Mechanical Museum – Farmington Hills
- Shelldrake Dam (Paradise UP) Camping
- Hovey Lake (UP) Camping
- Boney Falls Basin (Cornell UP) Camping
- Perrault Lake (UP) Camping
- Sturgeon River Campground (Watton UP) Camping
- Rhody Creek Trail (UP) Camping
- Green Road (LP) Camping
- Whelan Lake Campground (LP) Camping
- French Farm Lake (Mackinaw LP) Camping (Must obtain permit from DNR office)
- Shady Brook Park (Bloomingdale LP) Camping
- Huron Manistee National Forest (LP) Camping
- √ Splatter Painting at Splatter MI, Ferndale (https://www.splattermi.com)
- Dinosaur Garden Ossineke, MI https://www.dinosaurgardensllc.com/activities
- Kitch-iti-kipi Palms Book State Park (UP)
- Grand Rapids Lantern Festival (April/May?)
- √ Campus Martius Skate Rink (Detroit)
- Haunted Road Trip (use the places on this link https://familydestinationsguide.com/spine-tingling-michigan-trip/ or this one https://dailywise.com/state/michigan/this-haunted-road-trip-through-michigan-is-a-spine-chilling-adventure/#)
- Detroit River Cruise (https://www.detroitprincess.com/page-schedule-1.php)
- Henderson Castle – Haunted (Kalamazoo https://hendersoncastle.com/index.php/events)
- Alligator Sanctuary, Athens MI (https://alligatorsanctuary.wixsite.com/alligatorsanctuary) just over an hour away.
- √ Oswalds Bear Ranch, Newberry MI The link will show you more than just the Bear ranch – I had so much fun up north.
