Category: Botanical Gardens, Nature Centers and Observatories
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Blandford Nature Center
Michigan in the Great Lakes Blandford Nature Center Have you visited a nature center recently? Experience the wonder of hiking trails, flora and fauna and wildlife at Blandford Nature Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Click here to see the Blandford Nature Center website. Blandford Nature Center Visitor Center Wildlife Education Center Owls and an opossum…
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Christmas Trees
Michigan in the Great Lakes Christmas Trees Have you ever seen a decorated Christmas Tree from the Netherlands? How about one from Lithuania, Canada or Peru? All of these Christmas Trees and more are showcased this year at the annual Christmas and Holiday Traditions display at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The exhibit runs…
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Museum and Observatory
Michigan in the Great Lakes Whitefish Point Lighthouse Did you know that the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter memorialized in song, was lost off the coast of Whitefish Point on November 10, 1975? It went down in Lake Superior about 15 miles northwest of Whitefish Point Lighthouse. Whitefish Point Lighthouse is located in Paradise, Michigan in…
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Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Michigan in the Great Lakes Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Tassel-Wisner-Bottrall English Perennial Garden Did you know that there is a new garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan? It is the Tassell-Wisner-Bottrall English Perennial Garden, the newest addition to the many gardens there. It has more than 7000…
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