As promised late last night, I have tons of photos from the trip to northern michigan.
Where abouts? Northwestern portion of the lower peninsula. Those're my stomping grounds. However... We did take a trek past Traverse city out to Charlevoix (Pronounced Shar-le-voy), Petosky, and points north as we took M-119 ALMOST to Mackinac through "the tunnel of trees."
Charlevoix was gorgeous. I had never been before, and I had no idea what to expect. We would've never known what was here if my wife hadn't seen a sign for "Mushroom houses".
My wife watches some interesting home and garden shows. in one of them, an architect actually built a house and made the insulation of the house out of mycelium. In this instance, we're not entire sure if the sides of any of the houses here contain mycelium, but the roof of the biggest mushroom house out of the cluster we saw, definitely had a mycelium lined roof.
The house I'm taking about is on this page, and its the second image from the top.
My Michigan Beach and TravelCharlevoix Mushroom Houses: Earl Young's Hobbit Homes + Tours | My Michigan Beach and TravelDiscover the Charlevoix Mushroom Houses — architect Earl Young's storybook stone homes. The full story, the must-see houses, self-guided and GEM car tours, and how to visit respectfully.
