50 Things to Do on Say YES! to Michigan Day

Since May 12 is Say YES! To Michigan Day, we decided to take this opportunity to make a list of 50 wonderful things you and your friends and family can do in the Great Lakes State.

1. Take a road trip to the Upper Peninsula
2. Go fishing on Lake St. Clair
3. Paint a picture of Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Ludington
4. Visit the maritime museum in Mackinaw City
5. Go surfing on Lake Superior
6. Go for a walk the Detroit Riverfront
   
7. Visit the Cranbrook Institute of Science
8. Ride your bicycle around Belle Isle
9. Visit the Motown Museum, a.k.a. Hitsville, USA
10. See sharks, seahorses, rays, and fish at the Sea Life Michigan Aquarium in Auburn Hills
11. Check out the windmills in Holland
12. See a concert at Detroit’s historic Fillmore Theater
13. Go to a Tigers game
14. Have lunch at Campus Martius Park
15. Visit Greenfield Village
16. Play a game of golf
17. Go for a canoe ride down the Au Sable River
18. Buy tickets to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
19. Visit the Detroit Institute of Arts to see the Star Wars exhibit
20. Go camping
21. Fly a kite at one of Michigan’s 103 state parks
22. Go snorkeling to see the shipwrecks in Thunder Bay
23. Have a picnic
24. Plant flowers in your yard
25. Go horseback riding
26. Visit the Beach Towns along Lake Michigan’s shoreline
    
27. Take photos at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes
28. Visit the Henry Ford Museum
29. Tour the Ford Rouge factory
30. Have breakfast at the Russell Street Deli in Eastern Market
31. See a show at the Fox Theater
32. Have lunch in Greektown
33. Check out the murals in Eastern Market
34. Check out the murals in the Grand River Creative Corridor
35. Have dinner in Mexicantown
36. Listen to techno (Detroit is the genre’s birthplace)
37. Enjoy the beautiful architecture in Detroit’s historic Boston-Edison District
38. Go for a cruise down Jefferson through the Grosse Pointe communities
39. Eat a coney and some chili-cheese fries at Lafayette Coney Island
40. Cruise down Woodward, America’s first stretch of paved roadway
41. Win some money at one of Detroit’s three casinos
42. Go skydiving in Tecumseh
43. GO BOATING!
44. Visit one of Michigan’s 125 wineries
    
45. Visit Beer City, USA, a.k.a. Grand Rapids
46. Go to Frankenmuth
47. Kayak at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising
48. Tour the State Capitol in Lansing
49. Visit the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores
50. Go to an art festival