The Old Presque Isle Light was the first lighthouse in Presque Isle, Michigan. It was built in 1840 and made of two-thirds stone and one-third brick. Congress had provided $5,000 two years earlier to fund its construction.
The New Presque Isle Light was built in 1870 in Presque Isle, Michigan, which is located east of Grand Lake. It stands on the peninsula that shares its name. Michigan has 149 lighthouses, more than any other state.
The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse located on Lake Huron in Haynes Township, Alcona County, in the northeastern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. It was built to warn sailors away from a reef that stretches 1.5 miles (2.4 km) toward the lake from Sturgeon Point. Today, it is considered a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse.
Tawas Point Light is located in Tawas Point State Park, off Tawas Bay in Lake Huron, Baldwin Township, Northern Michigan.
Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood. The fort is located on the Detroit River at a spot where it is less than half a mile from the Ontario shore. The original 1848 limestone barracks (with later brick additions) still stands, as does the 1845 fort (repaired and updated in 1863 with brick exterior walls).
The Sauk Trail was a path used by Native Americans that passed through present-day Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan in the United States. Starting from the west, the trail began at Rock Island on the Mississippi River, then went to the Illinois River near modern-day Peru. From there, it followed the north side of the river to Joliet and continued east to Valparaiso, Indiana.
Interstate 69 (I-69) is a highway in the Interstate Highway System that will connect the Mexican border in Texas to the Canadian border near Port Huron, Michigan. In Michigan, it is a state highway that enters the state south of Coldwater and passes through Lansing and Flint in the Lower Peninsula. The highway runs north to south from the Indiana-Michigan border to the Lansing area, then turns east to west after traveling alongside I-96.
Interstate 75 (I-75) is part of the Interstate Highway System. It starts near Hialeah and Miami Lakes and ends at the Canadian border in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
US Highway 31 (US 31) is part of the United States Numbered Highway System. It runs from Alabama to the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In Michigan, it is a state trunkline highway that travels along the western side of the Lower Peninsula, starting at the Indiana-Michigan border in Bertrand Township and ending near Interstate 75 (I-75) south of Mackinaw City.
US Highway 23 (US 23) is a north–south highway that runs from Jacksonville, Florida, to Mackinaw City, Michigan. In Michigan, it is a major, 362-mile-long (583 km) highway that runs through the Lower Peninsula. This highway is a freeway from the Michigan–Ohio state line near Lambertville to Standish, and it follows the Lake Huron shoreline from Standish to its northern end.