Shopping in Manistee County

From airy outdoor market style shopping experiences to quaint and cozy indoor shops, Manistee County is sure to pique your shopping interest. You’ll have many wonderful opportunities to take home unique gifts, souvenirs and reminders of your visit while you explore the aubandance of fine shops, boutiques and galleries waiting for you around every corner of county.

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Foodie & Shopping Tour in Manistee

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Make your way through Manistee County and explore all of the wonderful boutique shops we have to offer. Be sure to take your time, relax and pair your boutique shopping experience with the local flavors prepared by our area culinary experts.

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On stage, screen & canvas

by | January 29, 2019 | Entertainment & Culture, First Time Visitors, Local History, What To Do | 0 Comments

Enjoying entertainment, arts and culture in Manistee County comes with the added bonus of the natural beauty of Lake Michigan, forests and orchards, and dynamic historic architecture.At the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, located in the City of...
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Kaleva Bottle House

by | February 10, 2016 | Historic Tours, Local History, Self Guided Tours | 2 Comments

In 1941, a unique home was built in Kaleva out of 60,000 glass bottles by John Makinen.   Mr. Makinen owned the local pop bottling factory so he used chipped or flawed bottles from his pop bottling factory for his house. It was designed with artistic...
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The Salt Industry in Manistee

by | February 1, 2016 | Local History | 0 Comments

When examining a grain of salt or a grain of sand, it is difficult using the naked eye to gauge which one is actually bigger than the other. In terms of Manistee's industrial past, both mineral and sediment have played reasonably equal roles throughout the...
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Hodenpyl & Tippy Dams

by | January 14, 2016 | Fishing & Hunting, Local History | 0 Comments

Completed in 1918, Tippy Dam (known as Junction Hydro when it was built) was named after Charles W. Tippy, a board of directors chair for Consumers Power.  Tippy is Consumer Energy’s second largest hydro dam producing up to 20,000 kilowatts and providing...
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Vogue Theater

by | February 2, 2016 | Entertainment & Culture, First Time Visitors, Historic Tours, Local History, Self Guided Tours | 0 Comments

Built in 1938, in the then popular Art Deco Style, the Vogue was part of a large Midwestern chain owned by the Butterfield Theaters. The 935 seat theater continued to operate as a single screen until Butterfield Theaters sold it in 1985 and it was changed...
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Generations of Land: Farms in Manistee County

by | September 10, 2016 | Conversations, Fall, Featured, Local History, Summer | 1 Comment

Farming in Manistee County is not just a job for the families who live and work here- it is part of their history and culture. Each individual farming family is unique in its own way, celebrating the traditions of ancestors through each crop they harvest...
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Looking into the history of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

by | February 17, 2016 | Conversations, Local History | 0 Comments

Not far outside the Victorian port city, you’ll find one of Michigan’s favorite gaming destinations, Little River Casino Resort. Located at the intersection of US 31 and scenic M-22, Little River offers over 1,500 slots, BINGO, and a variety of table games...
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The Sand Industry in Manistee

by | February 1, 2016 | Historic Tours, Local History | 1 Comment

While salt was more or less discovered in Manistee, sand, on the other hand, was an abundant problem that residents of the city have had to, more or less, endure. In the past, the area's sand dunes gave the city a unique reputation for being pretty to look...
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Northern Natural Cider House & Winery

by | August 10, 2016 | Beer, Wine & Sprits, Fall, Seasons | 0 Comments

As is true of so many businesses in Manistee County, the Northern Natural Cider House and Winery in Kaleva is a family operation. When I visited, the Dad, Dennis Mackey, is still living in his great grandfather’s home built in 1905, with wife Diane, and...
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Make it a ladies weekend

by | January 29, 2019 | Beer, Wine & Sprits, First Time Visitors, Shopping & Services, What To Do | 0 Comments

Start in the stores....Grab your group of girlfriends and let’s go north for the weekend!Experience downtown Boutique shopping where you receive a personal greeting from the owner who curated the items for your enjoyment.  When you shop in our boutiques...
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