This old fieldstone building stands in the small town of Elwell west of Alma. Built by Dr. Charles H. MacLachlan it was known as the MacLachlan Sanitarium. Dr. MacLachlan was born in Canada and studied in Cincinnati and came to Elwell in the 1880s. He was an early proponent of “physiological therapeutics,” a treatment of Read More... The post The Fieldstone Sanitarium appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

A while back I took a photo of this old building in Pequaming in the Upper Peninsula. I thought it might have been a general store, but I was mistaken. While doing research for my recent Lost In Michigan Ghost Town book, I came across a photo titled Pequaming Odd Fellow Hall. I recognized the Read More... The post The Odd Fellows Hall appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

A few miles east of the town of Free Soil is a large building surrounded by a fence topped with barbed wire. The words CAMP SAUBLE  are above the front door. It was part of the Michigan state prison system and was a camp for troubled youth. It was constructed in 1960 and closed in Read More... The post Camp Sauble appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

Michigan in early springtime can be rather gray and gloomy with brown grass and bare trees. I needed to get away so I headed to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower. No not the one in France but the one in Michigan a few miles north of Big Rapids.  John Parish arrived in the area Read More... The post Paris In The Springtime appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

Trippensee planetarium model made in Saginaw Several school children learned about the universe from the planetariums made by the Trippensee Planetarium Company in Saginaw, Michigan early 1900s Lang planetarium made in Detroit Alexander Laing patented a solar system model in 1897 to show how the earth revolves around the sun and tilts on its axis Read More... The post The Solar Eclipse and the Planetarium Company appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

The small town of Vickeryville is located in the central Lower Peninsula west of Carson City. It was plated in 1857 by John Vickery in Bloomer Township. The town was originally called West Bloomer but its name was changed to Vickeryville. The little town thrived at the turn of the century, ( yes I mean Read More... The post Vickeryville appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

The beautiful an historic stone church of St. Joseph’s Shrine stands along US-12 in the Irish Hills next to Iron Lake. The church was constructed in 1854 by Irish pioneers. Next to the church are 14 stations of the cross that depict scenes of Jesus’ walk to Calvary. It was created in 1932 by two Read More... The post The Stations Of The Cross in the Irish Hills appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

I was roaming the backroads near Greenville and I came upon this enormous farmhouse. I figured out it was the old Montcalm county poor farm since it was on County Farm Road.  It was a different time in our society when people went to live on the farm and worked to support themselves. The old Read More... The post The County Poor Farm appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

  In 2013 The State of Michigan has declared March 13th K9 Veterans Day in recognition of the dogs and their handlers that have served our country.  March 13 was chosen because, in 1942 the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army began training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, also known as the Read More... The post Michigan’s War Dog Memorial in Honor of K9 Veterans Day appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more

St. Patrick’s Church in Clifford in the Thumb began in 1879 with visits from Father Clement Krebs, pastor at St. Agatha Church in Gagetown. It later became a mission of St. Elizabeth in Reese, Sacred Heart in Brown City, and most recently SS. Peter and Paul in North Branch. In 1884 the Diocese of Detroit Read More... The post St. Patrick’s Church appeared first on Lost In Michigan ..read more