10 Michigan Lumber Baron Mansions You Can Still Visit (#1 Isn’t Where You’d Expect)

📚🗺️ Planning a trip around Michigan? Get the Michigan Guide Box: road trips for every season, where Michigan eats, lighthouses & landmarks, and where to stay (including historic mansion inns) 👉 https://michigan-guide-box.netlify.app/?src=yt-lumbermansions Between 1869 and 1900, Michigan cut more lumber than any other state, and the men who owned the mills spent their fortunes on houses: towers, ballrooms, Tiffany glass, and a different kind of wood in every room. Most of those mansions were torn down when the pine ran out. These 10 survived, and you can still walk inside almost all of them today, as museums, inns, restaurants and historic sites. From a Traverse City mansion saved by a funeral home, to a Muskegon lumber king who started out shoveling sawdust, to a Detroit mansion where you can order a drink in a bar named after the ghost of the man who built it. Chapters Intro When Michigan Was the Lumber Capital of America 10. Perry Hannah House – Traverse City 9. The Ludington House – Ludington 8. Dempsey Manor – Manistee 7. Seven Gables & Huron City – Port Austin 6. Whaley Historic House Museum – Flint 5. The Cartier Mansion – Ludington 4. Saginaw Art Museum (the Ring House) – Saginaw 3. The Hume House – Muskegon Tips Before the Top 2 2. The Hackley House – Muskegon 1. The Whitney – Detroit More Lumber Baron Places Worth a Stop Recap 🪵 Watch next: 10 Michigan Towns Lumber Barons Built (And What's Left Today) 👉 https://youtu.be/LHBfpUE-fQo Hours, seasons and tour schedules change, so always check before you go. #Michigan #MichiganHistory #LumberBarons #PureMichigan #MichiganHometowns