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Lighthouse from 1905 at Split Rock, Lake Superior, Michigan (Joe Sohm/Digital Vision/Getty)

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Michigan Overview

When you think about the Midwest, water isn't really the first thing that comes to mind. If you hold up your right hand, palm facing inward, you can get a rough idea of the brunt of Michigan's bi-peninsular layout. And all that air around your palm? That would be water. Four Great Lakes, to be specific: Huron, Erie, Michigan and Superior. The Upper Peninsula connects to the "Mitten" (as the Lower Peninsula is sometimes called) via the 5-mile suspension Mackinac Bridge between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and is the third largest of its kind in the world. In fact, as the local tourism board likes to boast, no matter where you stand in the 26th state in the Union, you're never more than 6 miles away from a body of water (11,000 of them lakes), and 85 miles from a Great Lake. Next to Alaska, Michigan has the second-longest continuous coastline of any of the states, giving it the well-deserved slogan "Water Wonderland." Read More

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The Great Lakes: A Voyage Through North America's Magnificent Inland Sea
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Nearly fifteen thousand years ago, the last of the great glaciers retreated, leaving us with the legacy of the Great Lakes. On this unique itinerary,...
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The beautiful rolling hills and windswept dunes of Leelanau, the expansive wooded shoreline of Torch Lake, miles and miles of magnificent beaches...