If you are ever able to visit the great state of Michigan, here is a list of 40 things to try out and experience that will create life long memories. There is a reason they call it Pure Michigan. Once you fall in love, you'll be back for more, I promise.
1. Visit Rocks National Lakeshore
2. Drive a dune buggy at Silver Lake Sand Dunes
3. Experience Mackinac Island
4. Wander through the Detroit Institute of Arts
5. Visit the Holland Tulip Time Festival in May
6. Check out the shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
7. See the Northern Lights over Lake Superior
8.Get up close with the giraffe at Binder Park Zoo
9. Spend the afternoon exploring Belle Isle, in Detroit
10. Waddle with the penguins at the Detroit Zoo
11. Tryout the Mystery Spot in Onsted, Michigan
12. Go to the Maple Syrup Festival in Vermontville
13. Go to Hell (Michigan) and back
14. Spend a night in a lighthouse Bed and Breakfast
15. Check out the Traverse City Cherry Festival
16. Kayak around Michigan's Thumb on the blue water trail
17. Drive along the Lake Michigan shore at sunset
18. Travel through the towering forests of Estivant Pines in the U.P.
19. Get your beer passport during a craft-brew tour in 'Beer City, USA' (Grand Rapids, MI)
20. Stargaze for hours at the Headlands International Dark Sky park
21. Tour the State Capital in Lansing
22. Take flight at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo
23. Climb a lighthouse
24. Go back in time at the Henry Ford Museum
25. Experience the dune climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
26. Explore the ice caves on Lake Superior
27. Search for Petoskey stones along the lakeshore
28. Indulge with MOOmers Homemade Ice Cream in Traverse City
29. Try out surfing on Lake Michigan
30. Eat a pasty while in the U.P.
31. Spend a day riding roller coasters at Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon
32. Experience a Red Wings game at the Joe in their farewell season
33. Relax with butterflies at the Frederik Meijer gardens
34. Take a ferry ride under the Mighty Mac Bridge
35. Get away from the city life and see Tahquamenon Falls
36. Pick blue berries in the summer
37. Experience 'fish town' in Leland, Michigan
38. Try out camping at one of the state campgrounds
39. Explore the Ford Rouge factory tour
40. Experience a historical lighthouse
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