Data Says This is the Most beautiful Town in Michigan

Once and for all: what is the most beautiful town in Michigan? Even though there are the tongue-in-cheek naysayers who think their town, city, or village “stinks” and is “crummy”, many Michigan residents stand by their hometowns and feel theirs is the ‘most beautiful’.

As far as a legitimate “Most Beautiful Place” - again, it’s all in someone’s perception. Sure, some articles say their Top Ten lists are culled from data including crime, population, unemployment, location, yada yada etc…..but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The smarmiest, simplest, and most unexpected things can be thought of as 'beautiful' - a sunset over the town dump, a patch of lilacs growing through an old outhouse, or dead fish washed up under a blooming rose bush. Some may call those disgusting or political statements, while others see it as some kind of beautiful pastiche.

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Although I agree with the beauty of all the towns listed below, I don’t need to go to one of our Great Lakes to find some of our most attractive, beautiful places. Watching a sunset from the top of a hill, a thick forest during October, or even taking a hiking trail that leads us through some of our state's gorgeous sceneries.

So, according to  theculturetrip.com, here is their list of Michigan’s Most Beautiful Towns:
10) ISLE ROYALE
9) CHARLEVOIX
8) MARQUETTE
7) MACKINAC ISLAND
6) GRAND RAPIDS
5) FRANKENMUTH
4) ANN ARBOR
3) ONTONAGON COUNTY
2) TRAVERSE CITY
1) SOUTH HAVEN

That’s right – surprisingly, South Haven beat out Mackinac Island…and Ontonagon County is not a town.....at least on that particular web site. Even though I dig Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, I feel odd having them on this list…they seem to be too ‘city-ish’ to be included here. But what do I know.

So with that, the gallery below has a good many photos showing old South Haven from over 100 years ago, and a few from the 2000s to show you how beautiful it actually is.

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