Poster Carriage, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island

"Carriage at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan" by Catherine Sherman. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan, opened in 1887, is the largest summer hotel in the world and has the world's longest front porch. In 1972, the hotel was named to the National Register of Historic Places, and on June 29, 1989, the hotel was made a National Historic Landmark.The Grand Hotel is considered by many travel experts to be one of the best hotels in the world. Mackinac Island is definitely a trip back in time. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, except an ambulance and a police car and snow mobiles in the winter. People get around on bicycles, on horse back, in horse-drawn carriages and on foot. The island is famous for its lilacs and fudge. The island was the second U.S. National Park, after Yellowstone National Park, but it was turned over to the state of Michigan. Now, eighty percent of the island is Michigan State Park.