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Outside View of Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence on Mackinac Island

When you can tour Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence on Mackinac Island

It has 11 bedrooms, nine-and-a-half baths, more than 7,000 square-feet and a porch with stunning views of the Jewel Golf Course, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Bridge and the Mackinac Island harbor far below. It has hosted guests including Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Gerald R. Ford, John F. Kennedy, and Harry Truman. And you’re invited to

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A flag and putting green at Mackinac Island’s Wawashkamo Golf Club with tall heather and trees in the background

Wawashkamo Golf Club on Mackinac Island: 6 fascinating historical facts

It’s like a golf version of a biblical genealogy: Frank Dufina taught Phil Dufina, who taught Dennis Dufina, who taught Jack Parel, whose son Scott has won more than $7 million on the professional golf circuit known as PGA Tour Champions. That’s just one branch of a giant family tree that goes all the way

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Mackinac National Park was Michigan’s first national park, overseen by soldiers at Fort Mackinac. It’s now a state park.

National Parks in Michigan: Mackinac Island was the first

They don’t all go by the name ‘National Park,’ but there are five public spaces in Michigan that are official National Park Service properties: Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw National Historic Park, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, River Raisin National Battlefield Park and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Interestingly, if you go back 125 years, Michigan

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