Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Charlevoix - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Charlevoix

Charlevoix, Michigan

Earl Young Gnome Houses

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Charlevoix, Michigan

Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Charlevoix, Michigan

Weathervane Restaurant Boulder Fireplace

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

Are we missing something unusual in Charlevoix?

Boyne City, Michigan

Sunset Park Ice Pole

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

13 miles from Charlevoix

Petoskey, Michigan

Lake Michigan Crucifix

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

14 miles from Charlevoix

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Petoskey State Park

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

18 miles from Charlevoix

Northport, Michigan

Woolsey Memorial Airport

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

18 miles from Charlevoix

Community Forums / United States / US: Midwest

Top Discussions in the US: Midwest Travel Forum

Post	Replies	Views	Activity
'Ten Thousand Ripples'	1 October 5, 2019	598	October 5, 2019
Map Location for The Percy Skuy Collection on the History of Contraception is incorrect	2 October 21, 2019	207	October 21, 2019
300 South Wacker Drive	1 October 12, 2019	490	October 12, 2019
Seventh Street Improvement Arches	3 October 15, 2019	341	October 15, 2019
Busy Beaver Button Co.	1 October 19, 2019	213	October 19, 2019

New Post Visit the Forum

Explore Charlevoix, Michigan

Launch Map

Charlevoix Leaderboard

Places Added

Nicholas Jackson 1

Join the Ranks!

Add an unusual place to Charlevoix.

Places Edited

Places Visited

Recent Charlevoix Activity

kaytlynclous wants to go to Weathervane Restaurant Boulder Fireplace

kaytlynclous has been to Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

brittanyrose19 wants to go to Earl Young Gnome Houses

mrthompson2490 wants to go to Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

adohring wants to go to Earl Young Gnome Houses