The Port Austin Reef Light is located in Lake Huron approximately 2½ miles north of the Port Austin Harbor and Port Austin, Michigan. The station was established and first lit in 1878 and after a devastating fire, modified in 1899. It is still operational and acts as an automated beacon to this day.

Enjoy one of the nicest lighthouses on the sunrise side of Lake Huron. Enjoy a short boat ride to the lighthouse and learn about its history from friendly and informative volunteer docents. Guided tours are available on Saturdays in the summer.

Offering a historical experience with educational programming to the people of Lapeer County and visitors to the area

The Davis Brothers' Farm Shop Museum is one of three museums we operate, and was made possible by a generous donation of the land, buildings, and artifacts by Jim and Patti Davis.

International harvester collection

Local history museum in Deckerville, MI, offering an old fashioned General Store, Post Office, Military Room, Indian/Native American Artifacts, Family & Business History, School & Church Memories, Research Room, Farm/Barn Area, and more!

The Millington-Arbela Historical Society is located in downtown Millington in the old Millington Bank building. Dedicated to ‘preserve yesterday for tomorrow’, this small nonprofit group offers visitors to the Millington and Arbela area a chance to step back in time with displays featuring turn of the century equipment, founding businesses, old school buildings, military gear from days gone by, and much more.

The Mayville Museum is located in the thumb of Michigan. We are open Friday & Saturdays during the summer months 11:00 am- 3:00 pm.

The Caro Roadhouse Museum is a small, public museum owned by the City of Caro, Michigan. We conduct a series of annual open house events, designed to attract a variety of age groups and interests, often displaying collections belonging to our local residents. All of our events are free of charge and wheelchair accessible.

The museum preserves and protects the White School Rock Museum and the surrounding area. The museum is set up as a 1909 schoolhouse with authentic materials, and affords educational opportunies and glimpses of the past.

The museum’s collections include student and teacher textbooks, records, and board minutes dating back to the 1800s.

Originally the building was used for many things: court/jury trials, Methodist, Episcopal, Moravian church services, a jail with 2 cells, Charlie Tredup's police office, and a voting place. One side housed a fire engine, meetings, Arbeiter Society, English Baptist congregation, and Tuesday night practice for the Sebewaing Band. In later years Immanuel Church held a rummage sale there. Boy and Girl Scout troops held meetings on the main floor and Jaycee and Jaycettes held meetings on the second floor.

In 1904 a depot was built in Port Hope and a station manager employed. The company decided a few years later that Port Hope was going to be the end of the line up the shore so an engine house, turn around and water tower were built to service the engines.

The Port Austin Area Historical Society operates the Port Austin History Center. The museum, housed in a 1904 Maccabee Society building, presents the history of Port Austin, Grindstone City, and Port Crescent. The grounds feature other historic buildings.

The Pointe aux Barques keeper's house and tower have been completely restored and contain historical artifacts from a bygone era. The Museum is open to the public free of charge and donations are kindly appreciated to help fund the Society's projects.

This historic village is the largest collection of authentically restored pioneer log buildings in Michigan. The six individual museums include a pioneer home, general store, one room school, chapel, barn and a blacksmith shop. They were originally built between 1875 and 1900 and moved to this site from elsewhere around Huron County, Michigan, in the 1980’s. Each contain period artifacts and antiques that let the visitor step back in time and look into this area’s past.

The Depot Museum, as it is often referred to, occupies the former Pigeon Depot which was built in 1908 as a joint venture of the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern and the Pere Marquette Railroads. Today it contains over 2000 artifacts from past Pigeon businesses and the people who lived here. See the clothes they wore, the tools they worked with and how their homes may have looked.

Housed within the historic Maccabees hall, Caseville Museum strives to offer visitors an opportunity to trace the city's history through its immersive displays. Established in 2008, the museum is managed by the Historical Society of Caseville, which aims to promote an understanding of the area's culture and traditions.

The Luckhard Museum is a mission that was built for teaching the gospel to the American Indians in 1845. It houses pioneer & Indian relics.

Working to collect and preserve the past history of the village of Elkton and the surrounding area. Also to pass on the history of said area and educate the future generations.