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Michigan Off the Beaten Path, 9th (Off the Beaten Path Series)

Michigan Off the Beaten Path, 9th (Off the Beaten Path Series)
By Jim DuFresne

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Offbeat places await travelers and locals alike in Michigan, such as the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum where young visitors can be wrapped in bubbles, and the Air Zoo of Kalamazoo, which is dedicated to preserving  and restoring aircraft of World War II. 

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #471043 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-07-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 240 pages

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From the Back Cover

Tired of the same old tourist traps? Take the road less traveled and uncover the hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales other guidebooks just don’t offer. Off the Beaten Path® features the things you’d want to see—if only you knew about them! From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits, you’ll say over and over again: “I didn’t know that!”
Discover a different side of the Great Lakes State. Step inside a giant soap bubble at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum; learn a thing or two about marital harmony on the Be Good to Your Mother-in-Law Bridge in Croswell; or steer through a collection of more than 1,500 car hood ornaments at the Gilmore Classic Car Club of America Museums. So if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.

About the Author

Jim DuFresne is a Detroit-based travel and outdoor recreation writer whose syndicated columns appear in daily newspapers across Michigan. He lives in Clarkston, Michigan.

Customer Reviews

cute snippets3
This book had too many random snippets of information that were not well organized. I would read about a place but then could not find the name of the place on any map or list in the book to see exactly where in the Michigan region it was. I brought the book with me on a recent trip to the the Lake Michigan Coast but did not end up using it at all. The author's hiking book is much more useful.

Day Trip Help!!4
It has been helpful to plan some daytrips for my senior residents.! Thank you.

More like "on the beaten path" if you ask me!1
This book is targeted for the upper middle class types who view northern Michigan as a "quaint" extension of their shopping-based suburban existance. Most of the sites described are not at all "off the beaten path". One classic example will suffice, and I quote from page 146: "While Dad is out on the links, the kids are making a splash in 88,000 square feet of spraying gushers, falling water, splash pools, and wild rides." I'm not sure about you, but places like Avalanche Bay, the new water park at the VERY pricey Boyne Mountain ski resort, are NOT my idea of getting "off the beaten path". It is false advertising to name this book thus. And puh-leeze, Mr. DuFrense, stow the long-winded description of your forced march walk with your spouse to the summit of Avalanche Peak. You'd think you had scaled Everest!! Maybe it wouldn't have been so grueling if you hadn't slammed those two bottles of Lake Trout Stout at the Boyne City Brewing Company beforehand!! Let the buyer beware...