Some lake towns are pretty from one angle. This one keeps changing the view, with beach light, boats, bridges, cottages, and water appearing almost everywhere you turn.

PETOSKEY, MI - Petoskey fans, we’re with you. This pretty town that hugs the generous curve of Little Traverse Bay is a perfect spot to spend summer days, or an entire week if you’re that lucky. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a few weeks left until fall weather makes beachcombing uncomfortable, many are out along northern Michigan beaches looking ...

Spring beachwalking may not have the same obvious appeal as a sandy, sunset shoreline walk in summertime, but it does have one special, little-known advantage: It’s prime time to find Petoskey stones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone. This ...

Even though they’re found in the Great Lakes, Petoskey stones are actually fossilized coral. You can tell a Petoskey stone by its honeycomb pattern (in fact, the word “hexagon” is part of the ...

Petoskey and Charlevoix stones are both fossilized coral from the Devonian Age, found in Michigan. Petoskey stones have a larger, more symmetrical hexagonal pattern than Charlevoix stones. Rock ...

Memories of a childhood in Michigan for some are often inextricably linked to hiking trips up the Sleeping Bear Dunes or to lazy beach days along the sparkling Great Lakes. And with those memories ...

Five tips for finding and polishing Petoskey stones, fossilized ancient coral found on the beaches in the shallows of Lake Michigan along the Northern Michigan coast. These cool looking Petoskey ...

With a few weeks left until fall weather makes beachcombing uncomfortable, many are out along northern Michigan beaches looking for Petoskey stones. But people often find Charlevoix stones, which look ...

PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone. The stone, which is actually fossilized coral, remains one of Michigan’s ...