National parks are breathtaking, but they can overshadow other parks across the country. Here are 50 scenic parks to add to your list of must-see locations.

Walking the shoreline with your eyes on the sand is half the fun of a July morning on Lake Michigan. The other half is ...

Weekend crowds fill every gallery plus dune overlook in this Michigan beach town that once flew under the radar.

There are six metro Detroit beaches closed Friday leading into the Fourth of July weekend due to high bacteria levels.

Patricia Lockwood He cut agatized pinecones and snailshells,Both from the Eocene, dawn of fauna.His accent was somewhere ...

Lake Linden Recreation Area campground and marina will remain open during the U.S. EPA cleanup, but the beach will remain ...

Ludington State Park received the most votes in this week's LSJ poll summer beach poll among 10 popular beaches along the Great Lakes shorelines. Starting Tuesday morning, June 16, LSJ readers had the ...

Some places are pretty, some places are beautiful, and then there’s Black Rocks in Marquette, Michigan, which exists in a category all its own and will leave you struggling to find words adequate to ...

The upcoming three-day weekend celebrating Juneteenth, the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S., may tempt people to visit Michigan beaches, and nearly all public sites will be open for people ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The return of summer weather means long days at the beach and taking a swim in Lake Michigan. But before you dip a toe in, you should know how to stay safe on the Great Lakes.

Many Michigan residents have likely already ventured to a beach for a beach day, and the Lansing State Journal is wondering which shoreline do beach-goers prefer for their swimming, sunbathing or ...

A Michigan shoreline near Alpena turns into a fossil playground when low water exposes limestone from an ancient Devonian tropical ocean. The rocks are packed with crinoid stems, bryozoans, horn coral ...