A little Bavarian community, Frankenmuth is one of the state's top tourist attractions. Nearly 3 million visitors pass through this small town each year, with its old world German feel and the best chicken dinners in the state (country?). Frankenmuth has the largest Christmas store in the world, and features two miles of Bavarian specialty shops.

Huron National Forest is a popular destination for cross-country skiers, backpackers, hunters, and fisherman. The forest is complete with a visitor's center, camping sites, trails, and wildlife areas. The Au Sable River flows through the forest and is full of trout, salmon, bass, walleye and steelhead. The River Road Scenic Byway runs for 22 miles along the southern bank of the river.

Manistee National Forest is located between Manistee and Muskegon. It contains nearly a half million acres of beaches and woods, as well as the Pine and Pere Marquette Rivers. The Manistee River Trail is a ten-mile route along the east bank of the Manistee River. Trout and salmon populate the waters and the navigable part of the river stretches on for over forty miles. The Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area encompasses nearly 3,500 acres of dunes and dune forest.

Saginaw has a population of around 61,000 residents. Nature is big is Saginaw with the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge just south of the city, and the Green Point Environmental Learning Center. The wildlife refuge has 9,000 acres of land with hundreds of bird and animal species as its inhabitants. Fisherman flock to Saginaw for its walleye fishing in the Saginaw River,