Back-to-back-to-back honors as the USA’s Best Summer Travel Destination. That’s a big one, yet far from the only honor bestowed upon Mackinac Island in 2025. Travelers also voted Mackinac Island the USA’s Best Place To Visit For Fall, one of the USA’s Best Historic Small Towns and one of the Best…
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It was only 8 months from the time Levi Moseler proposed to Abigail Novinski on a beach in South Carolina to the moment they said “I do” on the Great Lawn at Mackinac Island’s Mission Point Resort. That's the two of them pictured above, courtesy of Katharine Rose Photography. Eight months is a tight…
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If you’ve never been to Mackinac Island, it can be hard to know where to start planning your first visit. Making your way around mackinacisland.org is a fantastic way to identify things to do and sights to see. Yet, there’s so much packed into the island’s 3.8 square-miles that it can be…
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The world’s biggest sporting event is coming to North America. And for many fans from around the globe, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will bring them closer than ever to the USA’s Best Summer Travel Destination. Michigan’s Mackinac Island won’t be hosting any of the matches on the soccer field at Great…
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Imagine sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner on Mackinac Island and finding a platter of roast pig on the table! That was the main course back in 1831, according to a letter from the time. Alongside pork, the meal included potatoes, turnips, a dish of stewed chickens and a cup of tea as well as…
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You may have seen pictures of horses from Mackinac Island running around a snowy field on a farm in the winter. That’s where most of the island’s summer horse population spends the offseason from November into April. But not every Mackinac Island horse boards a ferry boat at the end of the visitor…
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Compared to the visitor season, Mackinac Island is quiet in November. Yet, there’s always a lot of buzz around upcoming Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday specials. The offseason is the perfect time to plan a visit to Mackinac Island, and taking advantage of incredible holiday…
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One of the many beloved traditions on Mackinac Island takes place at the end of the visitor season when Grand Hotel closes for the winter. On the last Monday in October, the stately resort that opened in 1887 commemorates another successful summer by ringing a bell and bringing the famed rocking…
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From being voted the USA’s Best Summer Travel Destination (for the third straight year!) and the USA’s Best Place To Visit For Fall to celebrating the inaugural Fall Fudge Festival and setting a world record for longest Waboba skip, the 2025 visitor season was full of amazing memories. We hope you…
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Well, the visitor season on Mackinac Island comes to a close at the end of October. Cue sad faces all around. But, wait, here’s something to turn that frown upside down: A new flavor of world-famous Mackinac Island fudge for the upcoming holiday season! Starting Nov. 1, Ryba’s Fudge Shops will…
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