Manistee is a small city in Michigan located at the mouth of the Manistee River on Lake Michigan. At the mouth of the Manistee River is the Manistee Pierhead lights, located on the north and south piers, built in 1873 and replaced in 1927. The SS City of Milwaukee is a historic Great Lakes railroad car ferry, now a museum ship, bed and breakfast, and event venue. The Vogue Theatre is a historic neighborhood movie theatre built in 1938. Douglas Valley is Michigan’s First Vineyard Community. Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts operates from the Ramsdell Theatre, a historic playhouse and opera house built in1903.

Manistee North Pierhead Lights

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SS City of Milwaukee

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