Places to See in Michigan

A great list of things to do and places to see when you visit Michigan.

  1. Check out Greenfield Village in Dearborn and see Thomas Edison’s lab and the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop.
  2. The AirTime Trampoline & Game Park has more than 15,000 square feet of wall-to-wall trampolines, with dodgeball, music, and more.
  3. Sleeping Bear Dunes.
  4. See the Air Zoo and get up close with World War II bombers and the SR-71B Blackbird.
  5. Visit Mackinac Island and stay at the luxurious Grand Hotel.
  6. Visit Holland, Michigan. It’s like you’re in Holland, but you’re not.
  7. See the beautiful Big Sable Point Lighthouse on Lake Michigan.
  8. Tour The Henry Ford Museum.
  9. See The American Horse statue at the Meijer Gardens.
  10. Check out The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) which is among the top 6 in the U.S.
  11. Have coffee at MadCap in Grand Rapids or at Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor.
  12. Go to Lansing and see the State Capitol Building.
  13. Tip your toes in Lake Michigan.
  14. See the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.
  15. Pere Marquette beach.
  16. See the Flint Art Museum.
  17. Tahquamenon Falls (UP).
  18. See the World’s largest Christmas store at Bronner’s in Frankenmuth.
  19. Take the family to the Michigan’s Adventure amusement park & waterpark, for a day full of fun!
  20. Feed the Giraffes at the Binder Park Zoo!
  21. See Michigan’s oldest surviving Courthouse, a Greek Revival style building from 1839, and other historic buildings in the area.
  22. Visit the historic Alberta Village Museum and Sawmill, constructed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Henry Ford.
  23. Drink a glass of fresh apple cider, find your way through a corn maze, or go on a wagon ride at the family-owned Alber Orchard & Cider Mill.
  24. Discover Michigan’s rich history of lighthouses at the Copper Harbor Lighthuse Tour.
  25. Explore sunken ships while Scuba Diving in Michigan’s lakes.
  26. Learn about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and other shipwrecks on the great lakes, at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
  27. Learn all about the great magicians in America’s history at the American Museum of Magic.
  28. The Saginaw Art Museum provides art for all at low admission, in the historic Ring family home.
  29. Take the family to Impression 5, in Lansing, for a fun, hands-on, science experience!
  30. Sail in Saginaw Bay, or around Mackinaw, on an 85-foot sailboat, and have a light lunch while you’re at it.
  31. Learn all about the history of the automobile, from 1886 until the present, at the Automobile Hall of Fame, in Dearborn Michigan.
  32. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride with Sky Adventures, based in Oxford Michigan.
  33. Go Skydiving near Tecumseh.
  34. See a variety of shows at the more than century-old City Opera House, in Traverse City.
  35. Rent a boat in Traverse City.
  36. Visit Ann Arbor’s new Skatepark.
  37. Relive automotive history at the Gilmore Car Museum.
  38. Take to Michigan’s only rock climbing walls at the Alpena Health And Racquet Club.
  39. Stay in the Big Bay Point Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast.
  40. Go Dog Sledding in Gwinn Michigan!
  41. See Warren Dunes State Park on the Lake Michigan coast.
  42. Hillsdale College is very popular.
  43. Pick your own blueberries at a blueberry farm in Michigan.