As we drove across the UP of Michigan---destination Spooner WI---we stopped at this wonderful state park where the history of the 19th-century town of Fayette is preserved (with the help of Eastern Michigan University). For 24 years it was one of the country's leading charcoal production centers, some of the furnaces still intact. There was a whole village surrounding the "factory," most of the houses gone except for the superintendent's luxury home and various other buildings necessary to support a village. It's located on the Garden Penninsula overlooking Big Bay Du Noc on Lake Michigan. We found a nice spot to have lunch and then strolled around the grounds.
