For three years running, travelers have voted Mackinac Island the USA’s Best Summer Travel Destination. And it’s a pretty good place for an autumn escape, too! In fact, vacationers nationwide ranked Mackinac Island No. 2 on a list of the USA’s Best Places to Visit for Fall. There are lots of reasons…
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Just being part of the road races on Mackinac Island is reward enough for most participants, given the sheer beauty of the courses that traverse the USA’s Best Summer Travel Destination. Yet, some runners just can’t stop their competitive juices from flowing. For those speedsters, inspiration comes…
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The final score of Mackinac Island’s 2025 Vintage Base Ball Game doesn’t really tell the story of what went on between the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats and the visiting Mackinaw City Boys on the oldest ballfield in Michigan. For a fuller picture of what happened Saturday, July 26, outside Fort…
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What if you could travel back in time? Not the bolting through a wormhole in a DeLorean kind of trip, a la Marty McFly in “Back to the Future.” But a relaxing visit to a special place that looks, sounds and feels like yesteryear, a world away amid the modern day. With horse-drawn carriages and…
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Remember when you were growing up and kids from around the neighborhood would gather and embark on spontaneous summertime adventures? That’s still a daily occurrence in the residential areas of Mackinac Island. Whether they end up playing games at Great Turtle Park, swimming in the pool at Grand…
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With “a wrist flick so fast it defies physics,” Dana “Launching Panda” Olson won the 2025 W.T. Rabe Stone Skipping Competition, held July 4 on Mackinac Island’s Windermere Point. Each contestant skipped six stones, with judges recording the number of skips on each toss. The winner was the competitor…
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Thanks to William Beaumont, Alexis St. Martin lived into his 70s and fathered many children before going to the grave near Montreal. Also because of Beaumont, the French-Canadian fur trader who got shot on Mackinac Island endures in the annals of history as somewhat of a tortured soul. The two men…
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You might remember in 2019 when then-Vice President Mike Pence visited Mackinac Island to speak at a Republican leadership conference at Grand Hotel. The former Indiana governor broke with Mackinac Island tradition by traveling in an 8-vehicle motorcade back and forth from Mackinac Island Airport…
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You might remember the “Seinfeld” episode in which George Costanza offers an optimistic take on horse manure while walking with a woman through New York’s Central Park. His date is unimpressed and shuts down the relationship, but the funny thing is that George was right: It was around the same time…
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Among the suggested itineraries posted to the web site of Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel, one in particular has become increasingly popular. Maybe you also are seeking a “Table For One.” As solo travel continues to surge, more people are finding Mackinac Island the ideal destination for going it…
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