Michigan Attractions Guide

Central

Bronner's Christmas Wonderland - The world's largest Christmas store is the size of 4 football fields. It's a shopper's dream...especially for Christmas lovers! There are over 50,000 gifts and trims from around the world. Christmas is celebrated all year at Bronner's.

Silver Lake Sand Dunes - Silver Lake Sand Dunes are the only sand dunes east of the Mississippi River that allow you to drive and explore them. Trucks, SUVs, Dirt Bikes, ATVs, and Dune Buggies can all be found playing in the sand.

Frankenmuth Historical Museum - The museum is an entertaining look at the people, and the motivations of the immigrants who framed the history as well as the future of Frankenmuth. Learn through hands-on displays, video and audio, and interesting artifacts.

Frederik Meijer Gardens - The beauty of nature in a spectacular botanical garden and inspiring sculpture, both indoors and out.

Michigan's Adventure Amusement Park & Wild Water Adventure - Michigan's largest amusement park with over 50 rides, slides, and adventures.

John Ball Zoological Garden - John Ball Zoo features animals such as snow leopards, grizzly bears, otters, and Siberian tigers. The Living Shores Aquarium features animals from Patagonia to the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Olde World Canterbury Village - Olde World Canterbury Village, a designated historical site in the State of Michigan, extends over 21 acres. Host to 18 specialty shops and has many wonderful features and year round family attractions.

Northeastern

Jesse Besser Museum - As the only accredited museum in the region, it offers changing exhibits, lectures, workshops and classes in art, history and science. Jesse Besser Museum's galleries feature artworks by painters, photographers, potters and other artists drawn from across the area, state and country.

Alcona Park - The 1100 acre park has three miles of shoreline on each side of this trophy fish producing river. The park is surrounded by the Huron National Forest. The river provides quality fishing of Walleye, Pike, Perch, Bass and Trout. Canoeing, boating, swimming, fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing are all popular activities for visitors.

Deer Acres Storybook Amusement Park - Mother Goose theme combined with a children's petting zoo. See all your favorite storybook characters in this family-oriented amusement park.

Cheboygan Opera House - This acoustically superb, Victorian theatre has become the focal point for entertainment and the performing arts in the Straits of Mackinaw area and beyond.

Northwestern

Michael And Barbara Dennos Museum Center - A regional hub for arts and culture, this dramatic building features three rotating exhibition galleries, a sculpture court, a ""hands-on"" Discovery Gallery, a gallery of Inuit art from the museum?s permanent collection as well as the 367-seat Milliken Auditorium, a 32-seat video theater, a community room and a museum store.

Mackinaw Trolley Company - Tour with the Mackinaw Trolley- History Tour over the Bridge, Mackinaw Trolley Trail Tour, Lighthouses,Ships & Shipwreck Tour & Fall Color Tour.

Michilimackinac - Founded in 1715, Colonial Michilimackinac is a National Historic Landmark and the gateway to Mackinac State Historic Parks. Explore the colonial fur-trading village and military outpost of the 1700s with costumed interpreters as your guides.

A Maze N Mirrors - Enjoy yourself as you wander through this incredible maze of mirrors and glass.

Big Bear Adventures - Big Bear Adventures is a fun, family owned business specializing in outdoor recreation. River Trips and family fun center.

Friske Orchards - Friske Orchards features a temperature controlled fruit stand, an Old World Bakery with fresh baked goods daily, the Orchard Cafe, an old-fashioned General Store, the Country House full of crafts, gifts and collectibles, Noah's Ark playground, Barnyard animals from Memorial Day through the end of October and a great outdoor deck overlooking the gardens and orchards in season.

Grand Traverse Lighthouse - Tour the restored lighthouse resembling a keeper's home of the 1920's and 30's. Exhibits on area lighthouses, foghorns, shipwrecks and local history are located in the Lighthouse and Fog Signal Building. The restored air diaphone foghorn is demonstrated throughout the year, and visitors can climb the tower for a spectacular view of Lake Michigan.

Southeastern

Henry Ford Museum And Greenfield Village - Greenfield Village is the most remarkable of Henry Ford's restoration projects. The collections at the Henry Ford Museum has its roots in Henry Ford's antique collecting expeditions in the early 1920's, representing American life from colonial to modern times. The village has seven restored mills, as well as several buildings important in Henry Ford's life, including Henry Ford's birthplace.

The Detroit Institute Of Arts - Sixth largest fine arts museum in the country with holdings of over 60,000 works. Tour any one of the one hundred galleries devoted to the best in painting, sculpting, graphic and decorative arts.

Andy T's Farms - Farm market, bakery, nursery, greenhouse, petting farm. Mint farm tours - see, touch & smell. Bonfire parties, wagon rides to u-pick pumpkins, 7 acre corn maze and more.

Minibeast Zooseum & Education Center - A hands-on museum featuring live minibeasts, exhibits, nature trails, educational programs, gift shop and bug club.

Yankee Air Museum - The museum includes flyable examples of historic aircraft as well as static displays and display rooms filled with historic artifacts.

Holocaust Memorial Center - The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) was the first institution of its kind in the United States. Tour the museum and have the unique experience of speaking with a survivor of the Holocaust.

Alfred P. Sloan Museum - At the heart of the Sloan Museum are more than 100,000 artifacts, photographs and documents catalogued in its collections. Flint and the American Dream, takes visitors on a fascinating journey through Flint in the 20th century--from the birth of the auto industry, to the present.

Lionel Visitor's Center - The Lionel Tour is free and lasts 45 minutes to one hour. It includes a ten-minute video on their production process and a brief history of the company. You will see a 14x40-foot operating layout with ten trains running simultaneously and accessories that visitors can operate by pushbutton.

Uncle Johns Cider Mill - Uncle John's Cider Mill is dedicated to family fun. Weekends are packed with special activities, entertainment, craft shows and other great events. Take a train ride through the orchard, visit the gift shop, check out the fun house and take a leisurely stroll through the nature trail. Vistors can experience first hand the making of cider the ol' fashioned way.

Talbert And Leota Abrams Planetarium - The planetarium houses an exhibit hall with a book and gift counter, a blacklight gallery of astronomical art, and a hemispherical domed sky theater. The theater features a Digistar, the world's only computer-graphics-based planetarium projector. It is significantly more versatile than a conventional projector and allows elaborate three-dimensional simulations.

Southwestern

Outdoor Discovery Center - The Outdoor Discovery Center is a non-profit outdoor education center located on a 110-acre preserve south of Holland, Michigan in Allegan County. The site is home to several major ecosystems, walking trails, wild and captive animals and interpretive educational displays.

Public Museum Of Grand Rapids - The Public Museum of Grand Rapids is a nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to collect, preserve, and present the natural, cultural, and social history of the region. Also included are the Van Andel Museum Center, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Voigt House Victorian Museum, and the Blandford Nature Center.

Jollay Orchards - Jollay Orchards offers a unique entertainment experience - blending a working Orchard with family activities. Activities include: Animal Farm, Farm Market, Greenhouse, Orchard Trails, Play Ground and Picnic Area.

Curious Kids' Museum - The Curious Kids' Museum is a hands-on children's museum dedicated to stimulating the curiosity of children from 1-100 with educational exhibits and programs which challenge the senses and offer unique learning opportunities.

Grand Rapids Children's Museum - Current exhibits center on transportation themes. Check out Thomas the Tank Engine wooden train set where kids can build a giant track layout for Thomas and his friends. Interactive Mister Roger's Neighborhood exhibit coming Fall 2001.

Kalamazoo Nature Center - The Kalamazoo Nature Center is recognized as one of the nation's best nature centers. Founded in 1960, the Kalamazoo Nature Center features a 1,000-acre nature preserve, live birds of prey and other animals on display, a variety of interactive, educational exhibits, and extensive programs in environmental education and research.

Grand Rapids Art Museum - The Grand Rapids Art Museum collection includes over 5,000 works of art.Leading works in the collection include: Richard Diebenkorn, Ingleside, 1963, one of the artist's definitive early figurative paintings, prints by European Old Masters, German Expressionists, and American post -1945 artists, 20th century furniture and craft, and American paintings of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Dutch Village - Dutch theme park where a visit is like a trip to the Netherlands without ever leaving the U.S.A. The theme park has recreated life in the Netherlands from 100 years ago, with Dutch architecture, customs, and culture.

Binder Park Zoo - Located in a lush forest, Binder Park Zoo?s animals are in natural exhibits. The centerpiece of Wild Africa is a 17-acre savanna where one of the nation?s largest herds of giraffe roams with gazelle, ostrich, zebra and more.

Tri Cities Historical Museum - The local Historical Museum, situated on the banks of the Grand River in the former Grand Trunk Railroad depot, provides a glimpse at the past, a view of our nautical heritage, and a learning experience for all to enjoy.

Full Blast - Swimming, computer games, rock climbing, and an obstacle course completely made of inflatable objects. Also indoor and outdoor water parks.

Nottawa Fruit Farm - Nottawa Fruit Farm is a family-owned business which specializes in home grown produce and family experiences. With its spacious grounds, opportunities abound whether you want lunch, a complete picnic, or you may want to choose from the various activities that are offered throughout the year.