A reflective guide to Michigan’s long-closed amusement parks, perfect for nostalgic drives, quiet pauses, and shared memories.

Michigan has a spooky secret hiding in plain sight. Scattered across the state are old amusement parks and fun zones that once echoed with laughter and joy but now sit silent and forgotten. I’m taking ...

CLARKSTON, Mich. – A rare old-growth forest in suburban Detroit has been enrolled in a venerated network of special forests protected forever because of their incredible biodiversity and natural ...

The march down Woodward Avenue, which endured through the city’s hardest years, features papier-mâché caricatures that are uniquely Detroit. The march down Woodward Avenue, which endured through the ...

Prices are increasingly top of mind for families planning theme-park vacations – and it’s showing in the numbers. Revenues at U.S. amusement parks have slipped nearly 2% year over year after several ...

“Nostalgication,” centered around destinations with personal significance, is on the rise as travelers seek calm in a world that rarely slows down. Seaside towns, old amusement parks and historic main ...