Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a few weeks left until fall weather makes beachcombing uncomfortable, many are out along northern Michigan beaches looking ...

Five tips for finding and polishing Petoskey stones, fossilized ancient coral found on the beaches in the shallows of Lake Michigan along the Northern Michigan coast. These cool looking Petoskey ...

Petoskey and Charlevoix stones are both fossilized coral from the Devonian Age, found in Michigan. Petoskey stones have a larger, more symmetrical hexagonal pattern than Charlevoix stones. Rock ...

These chunks of fossilized coral keep us enchanted—and endlessly searching. If you’re from Michigan, you understand the lure of the Petoskey stone. When rock hunting along Lake Michigan’s shoreline ...

From the Leland Blue, a stone-like slag leftover from the iron ore and mining industry, to the glowing Yooperlite and Lake Superior agates found in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan is home to plenty of ...

The permanent installation of a 93-pound Petoskey stone this fall in Detroit has triggered outrage outstate, but we've learned of a far bigger specimen Up North. The Besser Museum for Northeast ...

Memories of a childhood in Michigan for some are often inextricably linked to hiking trips up the Sleeping Bear Dunes or to lazy beach days along the sparkling Great Lakes. And with those memories ...

It's Father's Day and we all know what most people had in mind for gifts: ties, grilling accessories, dinner out, etc. But why not mix things up by giving your father a stone found in Michigan's lower ...

Shinola is now selling a watch that feels like a true tribute to northern Michigan. The Detroit-based maker of luxury watches has unveiled the "Petoskey Stone Collection," a series of watches with ...

PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone. The stone, which is actually fossilized coral, remains one of Michigan’s ...