Badlands National Park – Exploring Its Unparalleled Beauty
Badlands National Park in South Dakota is one of the most underrated destinations in the United States. While driving from Detroit to…
Exploring the Abandoned Lonaconing Silk Mill: Our Manufacturing Heritage
The Lonaconing Silk Mill in western Maryland is a testament to the lost manufacturing heritage in America. I visited the abandoned silk mill to experience the ruin of a once bustling enterprise and to explore the marvelous machines that built America.
Still Life Photography Gallery
Still life photography captures the beauty and texture of inanimate objects. With lighting, angles, and composition, photographers create captivating images that tell a story or evoke emotion.
Big Sable Lighthouse – Almost Lost Out At An Amazing Sunset
I was really looking forward to my visit to the Big Sable Lighthouse. I had heard so many great things about it,…
Best of 2020
Not many people, lots of trees… Well, the year 2020 rolled to a close, and as we all seem to agree, it…
Winter’s Unexpected Art – Beautiful Ice
Wind and water form ever-changing art at the base of Barton Dam February in the mid-west, and it’s finally gotten really cold…
A Visit to Crosswinds Marsh Nature Preserve
Crosswinds Marsh is a beautiful nature preserve spanning over 1000 acres of woodland, ponds and wetlands. There’s no way to guess that it used to be farmland.
The High Rollways on the Manistee River
Considered Michigan’s answer to Arizona’s famous Horseshoe Bend, the High Rollways above the Manistee River, in my opinion, is one of Northern…
Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse – Exploring the Thumb part 2
Light at the Tip of the Thumb After a wet and dreary morning of exploring the outback of Michigan’s Thumb area (see…
Exploring the Thumb – Part 1
What’s the Thumb? If you live in Michigan, then you are familiar with the state’s depiction as a “Mitten”. When you ask…
