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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Mackinac Island

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Mackinac Island, Michigan

Updated June 28, 2019

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Downtown Mackinac

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

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

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
The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museumv

Mackinaw City, Michigan

The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museum

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.
7 miles from Mackinac Island
Field of play at the Jack Pine Lumber Jack Show

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
Ziibimijwang Farm's very existence is an act of advocacy for Indigenous food soveignty.

Carp Lake, Michigan

Ziibimijwang Farm

“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.
14 miles from Mackinac Island
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Stories About Mackinac Island

The state has decided that it's time to revisit its historic plaques.

Michigan Is Trying to Make Its Historic Markers More Accurate and Less Racist

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
June 28, 2019

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