Best Michigan Tunnel of Trees Video Ever
Best Michigan Tunnel of Trees Video Ever as you drive through this beauty between Harbor Springs and Cross Village.
As you travel through the Tunnel of Trees the music bed of this video is from Michigan Singer/Songwriter Don Middlebrook.
The Tunnel of Trees is a 16-mile scenic road that begins in Harbor Springs and ends in Cross Village. As you travel along M-119’s narrow road, you will notice it lacks a centerline (caution: don’t drive this route if you are in a hurry!)
Along the way visit Pond Hill Farm, Thorn Swift Nature Preserve, Good Hart General Store and Devil’s Elbow. The daunting name is probably a translation of the Native American name that meant, “Where the Spirits Live,” local legend has it that the curve has been the site of supernatural phenomena over the years.
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How to Walk in the Woods
Thorne Swift Nature Preserve Manager, John Riggs shows young naturalists how to Walk in the Woods to enjoy and protect the preserve's natural wonders. The video features pitcher's thistle, sundew, jack-in-the pulpit, poison ivy, white-tail deer and more. Thorne Swift Nature Preserve is located north of Harbor Springs, Michigan - off M-119. The video is for young children - adults.
Lower Peninsula Michigan Road Trip
1. Scenic Air Tours (Manistee)
2. Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary (Manistee)
3. Glen Park Mineral Springs (Onekama)
4. Inspiration Point (Blaine Township)
5. Guntzviller Taxidermy & Spirit of the Woods Museum (Williamsburg)
6. Earl Young Gnome Houses (Charlevoix)
7. Charles Ransom Nature Preserve (Charlevoix)
8. Castle Farms (Charlevoix)
9. Thorne Swift Nature Preserve (Harbor Springs)
10. Tunnel of Trees (Harbor Springs)
11. Mackinac Island
12. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Alpena)
13. Dinosaur Gardens (Sanborn Township)
14. Frankenmuth
15. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (Saginaw)
16. Hell
17. Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Farmington Hills)
18. Hamtramck Disneyland (Hamtramck)
19. McCourtie Park (Jerome)
20. Midwest Miniatures Museum (Hickory Corners)
With only 3-4 days we didn't have much time, but the whirlwind of it all was INCREDIBLE. We've already started planning a trip for next year for the spots we missed, and the places we want to visit again.
I'm in awe--inspired, rejuvenated, proud of what we put together and what unfolded. One of the best trips of my life. Thank you, #PureMichigan.
Flint Famous: For-Mar Nature Preserve
For-Mar Nature Preserve in Burton, Michigan on February 27, 2016. Near Flint, Michigan at Genesee and Davison Roads.
New England | Wikipedia audio article
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New England
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New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston is New England's largest city as well as the capital of Massachusetts. The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston with nearly a third of the entire region's population, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester, New Hampshire (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence, Rhode Island (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island).
In 1620, Puritan Separatist Pilgrims from England established Plymouth Colony, the second successful English settlement in America, following the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia founded in 1607. Ten years later, more Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony north of Plymouth Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars, until the English colonists and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquin allies in America. In 1692, the town of Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced the Salem witch trials, one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in history.In the late 18th century, political leaders from the New England colonies initiated resistance to Britain's taxes without the consent of the colonists. Residents of Rhode Island captured and burned a British ship which was enforcing unpopular trade restrictions, and residents of Boston threw British tea into the harbor. Britain responded with a series of punitive laws stripping Massachusetts of self-government which were termed the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. These confrontations led to the first battles of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 and the expulsion of the British authorities from the region in spring 1776. The region played a prominent role in the movement to abolish slavery in the United States, and was the first region of the U.S. transformed by the Industrial Revolution, centered on the Blackstone and Merrimack river valleys.
The physical geography of New England is diverse for such a small area. Southeastern New England is covered by a narrow coastal plain, while the western and northern regions are dominated by the rolling hills and worn-down peaks of the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains. The Atlantic fall line lies close to the coast, which enabled numerous cities to take advantage of water power along the numerous rivers, such as the Connecticut River, which bisects the region from north to south.
Each state is subdivided into small incorporated municipalities known as towns, many of which are governed by town meetings. The only unincorporated areas exist in the sparsely populated northern regions of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. New England is one of the Census Bureau's nine regional divisions and the only multi-state region with clear, consistent boundaries. It maintains a strong sense of cultural identity, although the terms of this identity are often contrasted, combining Puritanism with liberalism, agrarian life with industry, and isolation with immigration.