Years have passed since we've been on the island that celebrates years from the past. Reason #2,896 to love the mitten: Mackinac Island Mackinac Island is a Victorian 'Three Seasons', rustic, yet quaint. Essentially another northern ghost-town in winter, summertime is bustling with day-trippers, snowbirds, and lake enthusiasts, a boon for the tourist industry. With its repetitive tchotchke tourist traps, art stops, and fudge shops, the main street is a mix of soundwaves: laughter, discussions, and clomping of hooves. With the ban on cars, the air is filled with the sweet fragrance of lilacs and perennial gardens, sugar shacks, and the stench of horses. With three gorgeously reverent churches, shops, the fort that defended during the battles of 1812, butterfly house and cheesy "haunted house", the island is a crisp reminder of somewhere in time.
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