Carefree Travel Guide 2025

24 Berrien Springs History Center at Courthouse Square 5 Charlevoix Castle Farms 23 Coldwater Tibbits Opera House 14 Coopersville Coopersville Farm Museum Coopersville Historical Museum 8 Frankfort Point Betsie Lighthouse 16 Grand Haven 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! 15 Grand Rapids Blandford Nature Center Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives (GRAAMA) Grand Rapids Public Museum 3 Harbor Springs Harbor Springs Area Historical Society 18 Hastings Historic Charlton Village, Museum & Recreation Area 19 Hickory Corners Gilmore Car Museum 269.671.5089 • GilmoreCarMuseum.org Rev up your engines and cruise through history at the Gilmore Car Museum! Explore engaging exhibits and awesome automobiles! Shift your passion for cars, both past and present, into overdrive!

Ludington North Breakwater Mason County Historical Society 231.843.4808 • LudingtonMariitmeMuseum.org Discover maritime history at the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum! Experience interactive exhibits, dramatic shipwreck stories, and hands-on activities that bring Lake Michigan’s rich nautical heritage to life for all ages. 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! Open 7 days a week. Big Sable Point, Ludington North Breakwater, Little Sable Point, and White River Light Station. 2 Mackinaw City Mackinac State Historic Parks 9 Manistee S.S. City of Milwaukee 22 Marshall Marshall Historical Society 11 Mears Little Sable Point Lighthouse 13 Muskegon 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, & programs spanning 400 million years of Michigan’s history. Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business & Industry Muskegon Museum of History & Science Scolnik House of the Depression Era USS LST 393 Veterans Museum USS Silversides Submarine Museum 1 Paradise Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 888.492.3747 • ShipwreckMuseum.com People often call Whitefish Point “hauntingly beautiful.” Experience shipwrecks, lighthouses & life-saving at the oldest active lighthouse on Lake Superior. 4 Petoskey Little Traverse Historical Society & History Museum 21 Portage The Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center 269.382.6555 • AirZoo.org Visit the Restoration Center & experience the revival of WWII aircraft. Plan your trip today! 20 South Haven Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum Michigan Maritime Museum Come explore 100+ air and spacecraft, hands-on exhibits, theater, rides & full-motion flight simulators.

Paradise

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Mackinac City

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Harbor Springs

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Petoskey 4

Charlevoix 5

Leland 6

Traverse City 7

Frankfort 8

Manistee 9

Ludington 10

Mears 11

13 Whitehall 12

Muskegon

Coopersville 14

Grand Rapids

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Grand Haven 16

Holland

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Hastings 18

W.K. Kellogg Conference Center and Manor House 17 Holland Holland Museum 616.796.3329 • HollandMuseum.org

Hickory Corners 19

South Haven 20

Portage 21

The Holland Museum tells the story of Holland - from its settlement by Dutch immigrants, to today’s innovative and diverse community; featuring thousands of historic objects and artwork from the Netherlands from the 1600s through the 1900s. Windmill Island Gardens 6 Leland Leelanau Historical Society Museum 10 Ludington

Marshall 22

Coldwater 23

Berrien Springs 24

7 Traverse City Dennos Museum Center Mission Point Lighthouse 12 Whitehall White River Light Station

Big Sable Point Lighthouse Historic White Pine Village

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