Michigan has been shaped by freshwater seas, four of the five Great lakes and carved by Glaciers more than 12’000 years ago. Its two Peninsulas are visible from the moon and instantly recognisable on any globe or Atlas.

The Upper and lower  peninsulas enjoy four distinct seasons and are dotted with more than 11’000 inland lakes, laced with 36’000 miles of rivers and streams and defined by a 3’200 mile Great Lakes coastline. That shoreline is filled with more than 100 public beaches, some of the highest freshwater sand dunes in the world, stunning multi-coloured sandstone cliffs, two national lake shores and the only national marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes, The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Huron. Numerous maritime museums, shipwreck diving preserves, historic military fortifications and 116 lighthouses also rim Michigan’s great lakes shoreline.

Its cities are special too, from Detroit’s automotive history and Motown sound and Sparkling new developments, to lovely new resort towns on the Lake Michigan Shore.