Midwest skiing? You're kidding, right? That's the reaction most people have at the thought of downhill skiing in the Midwest. True, Midwest mountains are more…

Detroit is known as Motown, the Motor City and Hockeytown because two very important American icons were born in Detroit and because the city is…

Equidistant between Chicago and Detroit, the hidden gem of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is ready for its close up. Once only in the news regarding native…

Most American families have probably never heard of Holland, Michigan and while that's unfortunate for the town itself, it could be an incredible vacation win…

Pronounced "mack-in-aw" island, this Upper Peninsula Michigan island has been entertaining families as a summer retreat for more than a century, yet its appeal is…

About a century ago, the writer Ernest Hemingway knew what we know now: Michigan’s cottage country “up north” offers a bounty of things to do…

Saugatuck, Michigan is a quaint beach town tucked in-between and straddling a river and a great lake, along the picture perfect western ‘art coast’ of…

After slogging up a 110-foot high mountain of sand and conquering the Dune Climb, even adults give into their inner 6-year-old. They joyfully race downhill,…

The historical port city of South Haven was a tourist boomtown in the mid-1800’s and remains a charming destination for a family vacation, thanks to…

With sugar-sand beaches, towering dunes and Caribbean blue water, Michigan's Traverse City area feels like an ocean vacation without leaving the Midwest. In many ways…