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Michigan has approximately 129 lighthouses, more than any other state in the country, and over 40 of them line the Upper Peninsula's rugged shorelines. The combination of Lake Superior's violent maritime history, remote wilderness settings, and lighthouses you can hike to, boat to, and even sleep in makes the UP unmatched for lighthouse tourism anywhere in the United States.

The numbers alone tell the story. According to the U.S. Coast Guard and Guinness World Records, Michigan leads every other state in lighthouse count. Of those 129 lights, the UP holds the densest cluster of remote, historically significant towers in the Great Lakes region, scattered across three lakes and hundreds of miles of shoreline that shaped American shipping history.

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The Eben Ice Caves Michigan visitors flock to each winter are not actually caves at all, and that is the first thing most people get wrong. They are massive curtains of frozen ice that form on the face of a sandstone cliff deep inside the Rock River Canyon Wilderness. Water seeps through cracks in the rock, trickles over the canyon edge, and freezes on its way down. Layer by layer, drip by drip, the formations build into shimmering walls that average 30 feet tall. The result looks like something out of a fantasy novel, and it draws thousands of visitors to a tiny crossroads called Eben Junction each year.

These Michigan ice caves are one of the Upper Peninsula's most spectacular winter attractions, and they happen to be completely free. But getting to…

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