LELAND, MI – After the Fishtown Preservation group paid off its multi-million-dollar mortgage on the popular Up North tourist site earlier this year, its leaders had planned to ease into a fundraising ...

LELAND, MI - The oldest shanty in Leland’s historic waterfront Fishtown is slated to be lifted off its foundation this week so a higher, safer perch can be built for it this summer - part of a ...

Preservationists in a tiny lakeside community in Michigan are using new approaches to fight the threat of flooding caused by climate change. While the fishing industry has struggled in the region, ...

Saved from recent high-water levels that threatened its very foundation, Fishtown in Leland, one of Northern Michigan’s most iconic tourist attractions is working to help with a save of its own: ...

LELAND, Mich. - An iconic town in Michigan is in need of your help. Leland's Fishtown is casting a wide net and hoping a fundraiser will help to raise the money needed to repair and preserve shanty, ...

Fishtown in Leland, Michigan, is a historic enclave of 19th-century Lake Michigan shanties, turned into hip boutiques, eateries and other Northern Michigan attractions. Set in Leelanau County at the ...

LANSING, Mich. — Fishtown, former school buildings, and a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed neighborhood are a few of the 14 historic Michigan properties that have been listed in the National Register of ...

There are thousands of places to go fishing in Michigan, but there is only one Fishtown. Tucked between Lake Leelanau and Lake Michigan, with the Leland River running through it, is a tiny commercial ...

Fourteen historic Michigan properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced Thursday. Part of the National Parks Service, the ...