Carefree Travel Guide 2024

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Windmill Island Gardens 616.355.1030 • WindmillIsland.org A beautiful oasis on the edge of downtown Holland, Windmill Island Gardens features an original working Dutch windmill, an Amsterdam street organ, replica buildings, and acres of beautiful gardens. Kalamazoo 18 The Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center 269.382.6555 • AirZoo.org Come explore 100+ air and spacecraft, hands-on exhibits, theater, rides and full-motion flight simulators. Visit the Restoration Center and experience the revival of WWII aircraft. Plan your trip today! Ludington 9 Historic White Pine Village Mason County Historical Society Port of Ludington Maritime Museum S.S. Badger Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association 231.845.7417 • SPLKA.org Climb our 4 lighthouses in West Michigan! Big Sable Point, Little Sable Point, White River Light Station and Ludington North Breakwater. Mackinaw City/ Mackinac Island 2 Mackinac State Historic Parks Manistee 8 S.S. City of Milwaukee Marshall 19 Marshall Historical Society Muskegon 10 Fire Barn Museum Hackley & Hume Historic Site Lakeshore Museum Center 231.722.0278 • LakeshoreMuseum.org Visit all of the Lakeshore Museum Center locations for hands-on, interactive exhibits, tours, and programs spanning 400 million years of Michigan’s history. Muskegon Heritage Museum S.S. Milwaukee Clipper Scolnik House of the Depression Era USS LST 393 Veterans Museum USS Silversides Submarine Museum Paradise 1 Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 888.492.3747 • ShipwreckMuseum.com People often call Whitefish Point “hauntingly beautiful.” Experience shipwrecks, lighthouses and life-saving at the oldest active lighthouse on Lake Superior. of Business & Industry Muskegon Museum of History & Science

Berrien Springs 21 History Center at Courthouse Square Charlevoix 5 Castle Farms Coldwater 20 Tibbits Opera House Coopersville 11 Coopersville Farm Museum Coopersville Historical Museum Frankfort 7 Point Betsie Lighthouse Grand Haven 13 Tri-Cities Historical Museum 616.842.0700 • Tri-CitiesMuseum.org The Tri-Cities Historical Museum is a dynamic history center serving the community with year round exhibits, programs, archives, and special exhibitions. All ages are welcome. Museum admission is free! Grand Rapids 12 Blandford Nature Center Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives (GRAAMA) Grand Rapids Public Museum 616.929.1700 • grpm.org The Grand Rapids Public Museum is a 170-year old institution situated on the banks of the Grand River, featuring three floors of historical, scientific, and cultural exhibits and the beloved 1928 Spillman Carousel. Harbor Springs 3 Harbor Springs Area Historical Society Hastings 15 Historic Charlton Village, Museum & Recreation Area Hickory Corners 16 Gilmore Car Museum 269.671.5089 • GilmoreCarMuseum.org North America’s largest car museum, exhibiting vehicles of all makes, models, and eras. Our sprawling campus features a 1940’s diner and 1930’s Shell Station. Travel through history via the automobile! W.K. Kellogg Conference Center and Manor House Holland 14 Holland Museum 616.796.3329 • HollandMuseum.org The Holland Museum tells the story of Holland from its founding by Dutch immigrants to today’s innovative, successful, and diverse community.

Mackinac Island

Mackinaw City

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Harbor Springs

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Petoskey

Charlevoix 5

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Traverse City

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Frankfort

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Manistee

Ludington

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Coopersville

Muskegon

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Grand Haven

Grand

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Rapids

Holland

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Hastings

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Hickory Corners

South Haven

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Marshall

Kalamazoo

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Coldwater

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Berrien Springs

Petoskey 4 Little Traverse Historical Society & History Museum South Haven 17 Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum Michigan Maritime Museum Traverse City 6 Dennos Museum Center Mission Point Lighthouse - Peninsula Township

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