You’re looking for the best things to do in Michigan. And sure, you can Google and find plenty of articles. Or read tons of reviews. But at the end of the day, you want to know that you’re finding the best that’s out there to explore in Michigan.
Because it’s about more than just choosing a restaurant tonight. More than choosing which beach to spend your Saturday on. More than planning your vacation itinerary.
It’s about feeling confident in your decisions so that you can relax and enjoy the memories you’re making, no matter where you’re at in Michigan.
At Awesome Mitten, we strive to create content, guides, itineraries, and bucket lists that help you fall more in love with Michigan. That way no matter where you choose to spend your anniversary, vacation, Saturday, or a couple of hours, you’ll be confident that it will be a great experience.
So you have a choice – you can keep googling and hoping for the best while sorting through all of the results that may or may not have what you’re looking for, or you can let Awesome Mitten be your guide to exploring Michigan.
Awesome Mitten Mission
At Awesome Mitten, we are dedicated to helping people fall more in love with Michigan.
We do this by creating content that gives you the information you need to get out and explore.
What You Can Expect From Us
You can expect to find what you’ve always found here – great information on the awesome state of Michigan. We create content that is about the entire state of Michigan as well as content that is geared toward specific cities and regions throughout Michigan.
You can expect to find information on Michigan businesses and products. It’s so important to support local and we want to help businesses and people come together.
And you can expect to have it all delivered right to your inbox each week. You don’t have to go looking for what you are going to do in your town, at the lake, or on your vacation this year. We bring all of that great information right to you.
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More About Matt and Leah
We’ve been married for 12 years and have 5 children. We are Michiganders by choice and we love putting roots down, raising our family here, and exploring the beauty that Michigan has to offer. We own a digital marketing company and are urban homesteaders who love camping, being on the water, and trying the best food in any city or town we visit.
Awesome Mitten is an extension of so many things about us – we have always loved highlighting specific features of locations and finding the best parts of any adventure or destination. It’s the perfect opportunity to combine our extensive business knowledge with our love for exploring our home state of Michigan.
Describe Michigan in Three Words:
Matt: Home. Lakes. Outdoors.
Leah: Roots. Wanderings. Beautiful.
What are some of your favorite things about Michigan?
M: My favorite season is anytime I can be outside, planning or working in my garden or spend time on the water. My second favorite season is being inside thinking about and ordering seeds for my garden. But seriously, anything outdoors is great and all of the lakes are really what drew me to Michigan.
L: Early summer is my fave season in Michigan – that early temp increase and just can’t get enough of being outside and you re-meet all of your neighbors and kids come in filthy from digging and playing in the woods and the first time out on the boat. And the first 10 snows and the last 3 because they are straight magic. The middle ones are less dreamy. I absolutely love that we are putting in roots here and that we always having someplace to come home to.
What do you love about working on Awesome Mitten?
M: I love Awesome Mitten because I love providing a space to be creative with all of the great things our state has to offer and to show them off for other people to be able to experience them, too.
L: I think Awesome Mitten is such a cool way to explore of home and encourage others to explore it, too. It’s mining for hidden gems and sharing them with as many people as we can so we can experience Michigan to the fullest.
Meet Our Team
But we can’t do all of this by ourselves. We have an amazing team helping us to bring you the best in Michigan.
These individuals love Michigan, too, and are excited to put together the best information and make it easy for you to find and use. Let’s meet our team…
Ashley: Content Manager
What do you love about working on Awesome Mitten?
Being born and raised in Michigan, I thought I knew a lot about the state I love… but being a part of the Awesome Mitten team has introduced me to unique and amazing places, products, and people in Michigan that I never knew existed.
My Michigan bucket list grows daily, and I’m loving every minute of exploring this state in its entirety!
Chrystal: Social Media & Community Manager
James: Staff Writer
Leah: Creator Team Manager
What do you love about Michigan?
I’ve always loved Michigan’s state motto, “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”
To me, the natural beauty of our freshwater dunes, wooded forest trails, and unique rock formations (just to name of few!) represent some of the best parts of Michigan.
Tiffany: Content Editor
What do you love about working on Awesome Mitten?
It might sound cliche, but I love Michigan because there are endless sites to explore and things to do. Every time I turn around, I’m finding something new to experience! And being on the Awesome Mitten team has allowed me to discover even more!
Let’s go discover Michigan together!
– Matt and Leah