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Cast your vote for our under-the-radar Michigan bucket list!

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Are you ready to explore? With your help, we are compiling an amazing bucket list of can’t miss Michigan adventures. Grab your hiking boots! (Kathy Kieliszewski/Bridge Michigan)
  • Cast your vote for the Michigan Dreaming summer bucket list before Monday, May 19
  • The short list was compiled from more than 100 suggestions from readers
  • Bridge Michigan will document some of the final bucket list items in a special series this summer 

We’re one step closer to distilling down the ultimate Michigan summer bucket list. But we need your vote!

Bridge Michigan asked readers to help us discover some of the state’s best-kept secrets beyond everyone’s favorites like Sleeping Bear Dunes, Mackinac Island and Pictured Rocks. And boy, did you deliver! 

Readers pointed us to well over 100 gems all over our beautiful state. And we got some real deep cuts — we had to Google several submissions because we hadn’t heard of them. Check out the short list here and see how many you recognize.

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Now comes the fun part: Help us pick the hidden treasure to explore in our Michigan Dreaming summer bucket list series. Which semi-secret spots deserve the spotlight? 

Cast your vote here!

    In the coming months, we’ll tell the stories of some of the top picks and at times invite you along to join us.

      Chime in by Monday, May 19.

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