Shoe store and tourist shop. Frames, wind chimes, candy and Tshirts. Tried to be friendly to…read morecounterwoman but she's nasty to me! Bought coffee that says "Proudly Made in Michigan" - but clerk says it's from Wisconsin. Review: 2

My wife and I shopped at the Teysen's Gifts on 7/16. We purchased a pair of Minnetonka slippers…read morefor myself and a Switchables night light combo for her. Together these items totaled over $107 dollars. THE BAD: While looking at the Switchables, an older, small framed female store associate with black glasses (I think) came up to us and said "May I HELP you?" in a very condescending tone. The reason for the tone was that we wanted to purchase the floor model Hummingbird ornament, and I was simply crouching down and looking in the cabinet below the Switchables display for the proper empty box, so that we would be appropriately charged. I explained to this unfriendly female associate what I was doing, and at that point she simply gave my wife and I a sour disapproving look and then brusquely brushed by us, making physical contact with my wife, and went through a door into a back office. Not once did she acknowledge or apologize for the "bump". If it wasn't for this last part, trust me - I wouldn't necessarily be on here sharing this. But I think that truly crossed the line of good store etiquette. I apologized for helping myself to the lower cabinet to look for the proper box, but in this day and age of ever increasing self-service, I didn't think I was necessarily being out of line. And for the record, my wife and I are middle-aged, decently dressed, middle class people - not your typical problematic customers. THE GOOD: In contrast, we had an EXCELLENT experience with Teysen associate Kelly, who assisted me with the slipper purchase, and encouraged us to go into the gift store to look for additional items in the first place. Kelly is definitely an asset to Teysen's, unlike how I perceive the older employee described above, based on our one encounter with her. EPILOGUE: I submitted this same information to the Teysen staff via their website on 7/16, but as of today 7/25 I have received no response. This post isn't meant to embarrass the store - but to inform them of a situation I'm sure they'd definitely want to know about.

Every artist that has artwork in this gallery has to live within an hour's drive of the gallery,…read morewith a few exceptions. They have everything from arts and crafts to fine art; sculpture, glasswork, pottery, woodworking, photos, paintings and more! The prices are VERY reasonable and they have a lot of small items for those visiting the area. Most items are original, although they do have a few artists who sell prints. One guy is blind and his paintings are awesome! The gallery is owned by a local family from the Bliss area and they are really supportive of their local community. It's a local gallery done right!

A must see for those who are a fan of the supernatural. They have a cool experience that takes you…read morethrough multiple layers of history. Great place to learn.

A fun gift shop featuring some of our local cryptids, along with a silly but fun haunted house with…read moreexhibits featuring local myths and legends. If you like roadside attractions, you'll probably enjoy this!

We all lived this place. My kids didn't know at first if they would like it but my teen and…read moreelementary aged kids ended up loving it as much as the adults did. It is only $5 a person to enter and we spent a good hour in here just looking at all the details. Definitely worth the price!

Omg so much fun! Serious creativity and imagination. The names of each creation was as great each…read morescene itself.

Nice little photographic art gallery. The prices seemed a little higher than I'd like, although the…read morequality of the work is impressive. They have a great array of matted photographic prints in all sizes, blown up versions for several hundred dollars on the walls and cute two-sided ornaments at $25. Most of the prints were of Northern Michigan images, predominantly Petoskey and Mackinac, in all four seasons. The photos were awesome. The guy credited with most of the photos, Joe Clark, is an amazing photographer. His work was more unique than most of the photographs I've seen of Northern and Upper Michigan. Most of the larger pieces are pricey, but beautiful. The owner told me that any image we wanted on a customized ornament can be done online through the gallery for $25. You only need to upload the images you want to the website and order it. Pretty easy, no? I think I'll do it for Christmas this year as a nifty memento for my wife and I.

Wow there is some truly impressive photo art here. They are on multiple sizes of print. They have…read morethem in canvas, in medium and large sizes. Lastly on printed glass. The prices are pretty fair. The prices range from $28 to hundreds of dollars. The photos seem to be mostly Northern Michigan. From Northern Light to a Crane with her baby. From pictures of Pictured Rocks to dew on a flower. I wish I could have purchased a whole bunch of them. The service was laid back and very friendly. Overall 5 stars.

The Casino has Expanded, more Slot Machines, Food & a Bar. Nice and Clean, and not alot of Smokers…read morethat Day. Will surely return.

Don't go here. Machines never hit once. lost my money within 15 minutes. Say away you will not winread more

My son loves history and was looking forward to this more than any of the adults and if he hadn't…read morewanted to go we probably would have skipped it. SO glad we didn't. We spent 2.5 hours here looking at exhibits and learning to fire a musket. Knowledgeable, friendly staff who seem to really like what they are doing. Beautiful fort. Not original (that was burned down when they moved to the island). Interesting exhibits and artifacts. Not sure I would go again, but I am glad I went.

We enjoyed it. We…read morearrived late morning in mid-June. The wind was calm and the temps were in the high 60s/low-70s. We toured the indoor area, then stepped outside and started out walk to the Fort. There were several things to see on the walk between the park and the lakeshore. Once we reached the fort, we visited all the buildings and exhibits, in the order suggested by the site map. Through the displays and the short movies, we learned a lot about the pre-colonial and colonial history of the upper midwest. For the cost ($15.25 per adult), it's a great way to spend several hours, learn quite a bit and do so at a low cost.

I love just how much of an exploration and discovery aspect that is in this place. And with the dog…read morefind, interactive props, and text plaques, this is good for literally all ages. The only problem is that there are a lot of parts of the ship that are only accessible on the ladders, and sadly my MIL and aunt in law couldn't go in some areas because of it. But at least my hubby and I got plenty of pictures in those areas to show them.

If you were at all interested naval history are you just love seeing ships? This is a must see…read more Completely worth the money.

A Must "Bookmark" in Mackinaw City, before or after Pizza!…read more After many annual October Fall visits to Mackinaw City, I was pleased to have visited this Michigan Historical Museum on October 19, 2019. It is located upstairs above the pizza business MaMa Mia's therefore my idea was to walk off my delicious pizza lunch, read and learn about the history in the building of the Mighty Mackinaw Bridge. This museum is phenomenal about the history in the building of the Mackinaw Bridge 1954-1958. When walking upstairs there are walls and walls of photos naming the many dedicated, skilled, talented iron workers. Their used equipment of helmets, work gear, tools and details is emotional too at the same time to see and read. They faced their dangerous jobs daily before, during and after the completion plus a few deaths did occurr throughout the construction. Free Admission Free Movie is played for your history lesson while relaxing in comfortable chairs as well. I wrote down facts and information last year to help my review.. :-) There was 11,000 International Iron Workers, other tradesmen, and engineers that were dedicated, hard working and skilled employees to start the construction ground breaking on May 7, 1954. They all risked their lives daily, weekly and monthly for three years on the job before opening the bridge to traffic on November 1, 1957. (During the construction in the 1950's five men died) The Mackinaw Bridge construction went on into 1958 with 3,500 workers, 895,000 structural and blueprint drawings. They used: 71,300 tons of steel 42,000 miles of cable wire 931,000 tons of concrete 4,851,700 steel rivets 1,016,600 steel bolts and over 90,000,00 dollars The metal structure is one of eight land based survey towers, which were used along with six water based towers. My review plus photos, describes only half of this business. A guest needs to make a trip to Michigan and put on your list of places to visit this "Mackinaw Bridge Museum" for yourself. Then afterwards take a drive over the Mackinaw Bridge to see, feel and understand the history of how the bridge was built. I enjoy it yearly in the Summer or Fall! :-) I will always look forward to visiting this museum when in Mackinaw City, in case I missed a part of the history story. Then to remember, reflect, honor those past brave and talented Iron Workers that dedicated their lives to build The Mighty Mackinaw Bridge!

This museum is inside of a pizza place and is completely free! We just got cheese bread because we…read moredidn't know it was a pizza place and ate beforehand. The cheese bread was good and we will eat dinner here next time. They probably had the friendliest staff we encountered while in town.