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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rock collectors in northern Michigan often find what they believe are Petoskey stones, only to later find out they are the lesser ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern Michigan Vacations: Don’t have that much time up north? Be sure to get to these Petoskey and Little Traverse summer must-sees! Take a dip in Lake Michigan and then hunt for Petoskey stones on ...

The Petoskey Stone Polishing Class will provide the opportunity to learn how to polish Petoskey stones and find their unique patterns and colors. The class, offered by the Chippewa River District ...

LANSING — When it comes to fossils, Michigan missed out on Tyrannosaurus rex and its associates, but the Mitten State came out just fine with its famous Petoskey stones and mastodons. The Petoskey ...

Statement Correspondent Anna Whitney holds a Petoskey stone. Meleck Eldahshoury/DAILY. Buy this photo. If you can’t bring yourself to touch grass, at least touch rocks. I was always a “rocks and ...