Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Michigan

While in Michigan, you might enjoy a visit to:

It was built using over 60,000 soda pop bottles as bricks by John J. Makinen, Sr and finished in 1941.
~47 miles from Elk Rapids.

The improbable Sea Shell City lures travelers with lurid billboard promises of an encounter with the "Man Killer Clam." You'll find the lethal bivalve among packed rows of souvenir shell items.
~64 miles from Elk Rapids.

Neon teepee and Indians always make us choose one souvenir shop over the others. This was built, according to its promotional literature, on the exact spot where missionary Father Marquette landed in 1671 to begin saving the souls of the Chippewas and Ottawas.
~75 miles from Elk Rapids.

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