Michigan

A Place That Feels Like a True Vacation

Within the Great Lake State’s expansive borders – which sweep northward to Canada – reside some of the nation’s greatest variety of things to see and do. See small towns styled like Dutch villages, idyllic islands that keep to a horse-and-carriage pace and romantic lighthouses like Big Red (Michigan’s most photographed) rising up out of vast, cobalt-blue lakes. Spend some time in quintessential college towns such as Ann Arbor and East Lansing, or explore the Upper Peninsula’s natural wonders, including shipwrecks, colonial forts and kilometers of snowmobile and cross-country skiing trails.

Excitement and Cultural Adventures in Detroit

Immerse yourself in one of the USA’s most historically significant cities, Detroit, teeming with unique neighborhoods and rich with diverse cuisines, eclectic shopping and stand-out museums that do more than just showcase exceptional art. Catch a professional baseball, hockey, basketball or football game at the city’s grand sports arenas or an unforgettable show at a historic theater. Here, the city’s Motown legacy is kept alive at Hitsville U.S.A., Motown’s first headquarters, while its automotive heritage is preserved at Detroit Historical Museum and the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. View Diego Rivera’s famous Detroit Industry Murals at Detroit Institute of the Arts, take a walking tour of Corktown, the city’s oldest ethnic area, or check out the iconic architecture of the Fisher Building.

Endless Nature and Outdoors

Discover apple and cherry orchards and beach towns beyond the coastal dunes. Look for a Petoskey stone, fossilized coral often found on the beaches here. Go boating on any one of thousands of inland lakes in the summer and ice skate in winter. Hike through colorful forests in the fall, and head to Traverse City wine country in the spring, when “blossom time” is in full swing across the state. Recreation here is year-round, from fly-fishing to flyboarding, sledding to swimming. Visit natural wonders like Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore – 64 kilometers of shoreline and a vision of Michigan like none other – with its waterfalls and layered, multicolored cliffs towering over Lake Superior. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a paradise shaped by glaciers thousands of years ago, embodies the wild spirit of Michigan with its 135-meter bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan.