Michigan - The Wonder Land
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The State of Michigan is a state blessed with the riches of unspoiled nature: the world's longest freshwater coastline, lakes that feel like oceans, shimmering beaches, miles and miles of orchards, glorious sunrises, and sunsets, daytime skies of the deepest blue, nighttime skies scattered with stars.
Lakes, campgrounds, wildlife refuges, and 99 Michigan state parks and recreation areas create a wide variety of recreational pursuits. Rivers for water sports, and thousands of miles of hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling trails thread their way among some 100 species of trees.
Hundreds of islands dot Michigan waters. Isle Royale National Park is a remote wilderness retreat in Lake Superior where wolves and moose roam free. Mackinac Island, located in the Straits of Mackinac, is a lush 19th-century resort community fixed firmly in the Victorian era, a car-free island dominated by an 18th-century fort and the more than a century-old Grand Hotel, America's largest summer resort hotel.
The Upper Peninsula, which is 90 percent forested, retains its aura of accessible wilderness. Vast wildlife and waterfowl refuges, 150 waterfalls, iron and copper mines, and the Soo Locks (where ocean-going freighters make the 21-foot leap from Lake Superior to Lake Huron) are within an easy drive of one another.
The State of Michigan offers a near-infinite array of authentic American moments that live forever in memory. It's what we call "Pure Michigan".
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Home to more than 100 public beaches, some of the highest freshwater sand dunes in the world, stunning multi-colored sandstone cliffs, two National Lakeshores, and the only national marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes--the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. More than 100 lighthouses, numerous maritime museums, ten shipwreck-diving preserves, and historic military fortifications rim Michigan's Great Lakes shoreline.
Featuring the "Motor Cities National Heritage Area" a rejuvenated Detroit also celebrates its music roots at the Motown Museum and is home to the world-famous Henry Ford Museum, America's "Greatest History Attraction".