Black Hills
First real stop in South Dakota is in the Black Hills national forest. Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are both there as well as many other attractions.
Mitchell
On the way to the Black Hills and the Badlands, we stopped by the town of Mitchell. Its a small town but has corn tourist attractions, including the corn palace(sorry for sideways image):
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
One of the most beautiful parts of Lake Superior lies in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore . With its sand dunes, lakes, forest, and many features on the shoreline, it is a site to behold like Miners Castle below:
Miners Falls: (...)
Fort Wilkens State Park
At the Tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula is Fort Wilkens State Park , a military installation built in the 1840s for the copper rush. Got some good shots of the rooms:
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McLain State Park
Going North towards the tip of of the UP, I stopped at McLain State Park to visit the scenery and the lighthouse there.
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Twin Lakes State Park
Driving through Michigan, I stopped by Twin Lakes State Park, a small park along MI-26. The lakeshore was lovely:
As were some of the bays: (...)
Porcupine Mountains State Park
Went to Porcupine mountains State Park today, a huge 50,000 acre+ park in the UP. Beautiful scenery and lake views:
Lake Superior at Porcupine Mountains State Park is still iced over in May.
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Governor Thompson and Copper Culture State Parks
During my way up and back from Michigan , I passed and visited both Governor Thompson State Park and Copper Culture State Park (...)
Rib Mountain, Council Grounds, and the Upper Peninsula
Decided to take a photo trip to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan for some photography. It was raining while I was driving through central and Northern Wisconsin and visited Rib Mountain State Park and Council Grounds State Park (...)
Best Places to find free stock photos
Even though I run a free stock photo site, I do use other resources a lot. This site is specialized and focuses on detailed photo documentation of specific places within a state or country listed by location and animals and plants by species. But since its impossible for me to travel to everywhere in the world, sometimes I have to use photos from other places. Here are the best places I've found to get photos.
