Category: Rockhounding
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Peninsula Point Lighthouse, Beach, and Trail
Read more: Peninsula Point Lighthouse, Beach, and TrailThe Peninsula Point Lighthouse The Peninsula Point Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Constructed in 1865 with Cream City Brick from the Milwaukee area, this tower is all that remains of the Peninsula Point Light Station. The site once included numerous outbuildings and sidewalks: traces of these are…
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Bay Furnace Ruins
Read more: Bay Furnace RuinsThe Bay Furnace Ruins are the crumbling stone remains of a 19th-century iron-smelting blast furnace located on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Alger County, Michigan. Built in 1870, the 45-foot sandstone stack is all that survives of the short-lived industrial company town of Onota, which burned down in 1877. Iron Smelting Blast Furnace…
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Agate Beach
Read more: Agate BeachAgate Beach (located inside Stanton Park) is a remote, ruggedly beautiful stretch of Lake Superior shoreline on the western side of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Situated roughly 25 miles southwest of Houghton and just north of Misery Bay, it is a legendary destination for rockhounds, wilderness campers, and sunset chasers. Agate Beach is a favorite of…