Great Lakes State-Michigan

Great Lakes State-Michigan

Michigan is unique, surrounded by Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie, the state touts the longest freshwater 

coastline in the United States—3,288 miles, including islands. 

Here are a few glimpses into the landscape of the state of Michigan, and some of the animals and people calling it home.

1.A drone's-eye view of some of the skyscrapers in Detroit, including the Guardian Building at left, which was completed in 1929.

2.The Michigan State Capitol building, viewed on September 21, 2019, from West Michigan Avenue, in Lansing. 

3.The Detroit People Mover rolls through downtown Detroit, with the Renaissance Center (silver building) visible in the background. on March 22, 2018.

4.Some of the many bridges crossing the Grand River in Grand Rapids. 

5.A view of Kalamazoo, Michigan, as seen over the fountain from Arcadia Creek, photographed on May 14, 2019.

6.Vehicles drive through downtown Flint, Michigan, on January 21, 2016. 

7.A view of the Blue Water bridge connecting Port Huron in the U.S. with Sarnia, ontario, in Canada, seen from the deck of a working Great Lakes

 freighter carrying iron ore pellets.

8.The five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge spans the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

9.Tall ships line the edge of the Saginaw River at Wenonah Park at sunset, for the Tall Ship Celebration in Bay City on July 12, 2013.

10.A night view of buildings along the the Grand River in the city of Grand Rapids on December 15, 2019. The Grand Rapids Public Museum is at right.

11.A pre-dawn view of Detroit, as seen from across the partially-frozen Detroit River.

12.Students walk in front of the Superior Dome, the world’s largest wooden dome, on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, 

Michigan, in May of 2019.

13.The steam engine Pere Marquette 1225, known as the North Pole Express, speeds by an abandoned grain elevator in Carland, Michigan, 

on December 9, 2017.

14.The Grand Island East Channel Light, a historic wooden lighthouse, stands on the southern shore of Lake Superior near Munising.

15.The tugboat Candace Elise assists the tanker Iver Bright, as it visits Manistee, Michigan, on April 28, 2019.

16.Rock Harbor lighthouse, a historic structure in Isle Royale National Park. 

The light was originally completed in 1856, and only used for a short time in the late 19th century. 

17.Ice accumulates on the St. Joseph North Pier Outer Lighthouse in Saint Joseph, Michigan. 

18.A busy street on Mackinac island, a resort island in Lake Huron where almost all motor vehicles are banned, photographed on July 9, 2016. 

19.Young women wearing traditional Dutch Clothing dance in the streets of Holland, Michigan, during its annual Tulip Time Festival, on May 11, 2019.

20.The "Nain Rouge," a legendary demon also known as the Red Dwarf, rides on his Dragonmobile in the March Du Nain Rouge in Detroit 

on March 23, 2014. 

In the spring, residents hold a parade to taunt and chase away the demon, warding off evil for another year.

21.Boys line up to be judged in the King Mud contest during Mud Day at Nankin Mills Park in Westland, Michigan, on July 10, 2018.

22.Quincy Dredge Number Two, a reclaiming sand dredge abandoned in the 1960s, sits in its final resting place in Torch Lake in Michigan's 

Houghton County.

23.An aerial view of Kitch-iti-kipi, also known as Big Springs, the largest freshwater spring in Michigan. 

24.The sun rises over people fishing on Houghton Lake in Michigan's Roscommon County.

25.Fall colors line the shore of Lake of the Clouds in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, in ontonagon County.

26.Tahquamenon Falls, on the Tahquamenon River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 

The brown color comes from tannins leached into the water from tree-lined swamps upriver.

27.Farm buildings stand among corn fields in Mayfield Township. 

28.A winter landscape view of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes, in Silver Lake State Park.

29.People climb on steep sand dunes on Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, along Lake Michigan. 

30.Turnip Rock, a natural formation in Lake Huron, near the village of Port Austin.

31.A snowy owl takes flight near Traverse City. 

32.Trees stand in Hiawatha National Forest after a snowfall on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

33.Cherry trees in bloom, photographed at sunset in an orchard in northern Michigan, near Traverse City. 

34.The interior of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church in Detroit, photographed in July of 2015. 

Constructed in 1911, the building was abandoned in 2005. 

In recent years the property has changed hands many times, with multiple owners announcing plans, but little progress has been made.

35.Inside the Eben Ice Caves in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, near Eben Junction.