Day Itinerary
10 Activities
Day 1
309 mi0.3 mi
Experience the Simple Life at the Michigan-Indiana Border
Enjoy a pleasant ride south to a small, quaint town called Shipshewana, which is home to the 3rd largest Amish community in the USA. Stop in at an old general store and historic restaurant on the way. Take a real horse-and-buggy ride and enjoy farm-fresh cooking.
09:2030 min
On the first stop of your day, pop into the outskirts of Ann Arbor in Dixboro, a 198-year-old historic village set amongst rolling farmland, an old schoolhouse, and a quaint general store. Drive around the small village and stop off to view the one-room schoolhouse located at this spot, complete with an old-fashioned merry-go-round out front. Constructed in 1888, the schoolhouse functioned as an active school until 1958.
Read more about the schoolhouse here.
Read more about the schoolhouse here.
0.2 mi
5 min
10:0015 min
Situated across from the old schoolhouse sits the Dixboro General Store. Stop in to peruse the old-fashioned candy, home goods, trinkets, and goodies. Built in the 1840s, the general store's structure has served as a landmark for the village for more than a century. The building once served as a resting and refill stop for the horse-and-buggies traveling from Detroit to Ann Arbor.
Note the store opens at noon on Sundays.
Note the store opens at noon on Sundays.
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