Southwest of Burt Lake a few miles off M-68 is the Ohioville Cemetery. The sign shows it was established in 1882.  From what I could find on the maps and my reference books there was no town in Michigan called Ohioville. Many of the veterans tombstones in the historic cemetery show that they were in Read More... The post Ohioville Cemetery appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

A few blocks northeast of the Flint Truck and Bus assembly plant is a small park with a memorial to the Sit Down Strike. On December 30th, 1936 the workers at General Motor’s Fisher Body Plant stopped production and barricaded themselves inside the plant. They learned the company was going to move the dies that Read More... The post The Sit Down Strike appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

This stone marker stands in Clapp Memorial Park in St Louis, Michigan. It declares that it is the geographical center of the Lower Peninsula. It stands near another stone that has a plaque on the top of hit that reads: Sidney S. Hastings placed this stone here in 1876 to mark the geographical center of Read More... The post The Center of the Lower Peninsula appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

On Bay Street  in Sebewaing near the Christ the King Lutheran School is a house like building with a concert structure that looks like a log cabin attached to it.  It is the Luckhard Museum and The Indian Mission.  In 1845 three Lutheran missionaries Rev. Johann J. F. Auch, Rev. J. Simon Dumser, and Rev. Read More... The post Luckhard Museum and Indian Mission appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

The Tweddle Schoolhouse sits along M-22 about 2 miles south of Empire. It was built around 1895 and served the little farming community in the region until the schools were consolidated. After that, the school was converted to a residence. It has two front doors because one is for boys and one for girls. The Read More... The post The Tweddle School appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

At the southern end of the Traverse City Commons near the historic barns is a stone marker for the world champion cow Traverse Colantha Walker. Before it became the commons the buildings and the property were the Northern Michigan Asylum. It was a self sufficient asylum with barns and crops to care for the nearly Read More... The post World Champion appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

The town of Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula sits next to the Wisconsin border. About a mile south of downtown is a small park with an enormous statue. It is of Hiawatha, a legendary leader of the Iroquois Confederacy, and a sign below the statue declares it to be the world’s tallest Indian. The park Read More... The post The Big Chief appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

Hagar Park sits in Jenison located west of Grand Rapids. It is in this Ottawa county park that you will find a landscaped field with the shape of a map of the United States. It even has some of the rivers and mountains shaped into it. I tried to get a pic of it but Read More... The post The Map in the Park appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

I was driving the backroads around the old Wurtsmith Air Force Base and it was fascinating to see the jumbo jets parked along the fence. Since the base was deactivated the hangars and runway are being used by Kalitta Air. An air cargo transportation company started by drag racer Connie Kalitta. The base is used Read More... The post The Jumbo Jet Boneyard appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

In the woods southwest of Cheboygan is a little cemetery with rows of small white unmarked crosses. It shows up on the map as Tallman Cemetery or Polish Cemetery. On a tree in the back is a wooden hand-made sign with lettering made from sticks and branches that spells out the word Tallman.  I could Read More... The post Tallman Cemetery appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more