The sun is shining on owners putting up their cottages for rent this summer in West Michigan. With a deep recession, many slashed rates on their cottage rentals last year to keep occupancy rates level ...

NORTON SHORES, Mich. — The shore of Lake Michigan was battered Thursday, July 18, with wind gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour. The storm that passed over Muskegon County made a bad situation worse ...

Architect Ken Richmond designed a home that captures the Caribbean colors of Elk Lake while feeling completely organic to the Northwoods. Take a look inside the lakeside oasis. Featured in the April ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The next owner of a charming cottage between Lake Michigan ...

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Friday afternoon, a contractor started demolishing a lakeshore cottage that was likely going to tumble into Lake Michigan. The cottage on Lakeshore Drive in Park Township is ...

No summer in Michigan is complete without a trip to the one of the state’s lakes (Great or otherwise) and there’s no better way to enjoy it than a cottage. It’s your chance to unplug and unwind and ...

After a family from Florida discovered Northern Michigan, the renovation of their 19th-century cottage in Charlevoix made us look even better. Incredibly, four years ago, the Florida-based owners of ...

GRAND HAVEN -- Layoffs and a lagging economy are prompting discounts in the prices for Lakeshore vacation rentals. "This is the first time in 18 years of managing the marketing for summer rental ...

A cedar shake Dutch colonial cottage with private frontage of Lake Michigan is on the market in Harbor Springs. The lakefront home is located at 5909 Cook Point Drive in Harbor Springs and is listed ...

MONTAGUE, MI - Local lakeshore residents have been flocking to this tavern and restaurant since the early 1900s. Nestled in the Lake Michigan dunes, past quaint cottages sitting on the shore, lies the ...

Mears — The residents of this west Michigan community lost their view of Lake Michigan a long time ago. But the 130-foot wall of sand between them and the water has a more sinister feature. It's ...

Gusty winds sent ice buildup on Houghton Lake careening onto land this week, damaging four cottages at in Prudenville. A post about the ice on shore was shared on the Facebook page of Korbinski's ...