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Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Skull Cave

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

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Mackinac County, Michigan

The Mackinac Bridge

The fourth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

5 miles from Mackinac Island

Mackinaw City, Michigan

Jack Pine Lumberjack Shows

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

7 miles from Mackinac Island

St. Ignace, Michigan

St. Ignace Mystery Spot

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

9 miles from Mackinac Island

Carp Lake, Michigan

Ruins of the Waugoshance Light Station

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

23 miles from Mackinac Island

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Legs Inn

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

24 miles from Mackinac Island

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It can take a lot of time—and some heavy bureaucratic lifting—to tell an honest story about a state's past.

by Jessica Leigh Hester