Photo of the Week: Fairy Doors Scavenger Hunt Returns to Belle Isle

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources logo on a mossy plaque on the ground, surrounded by miniature shovel, truck, green evergreen trees next to a blue bird house.

When it’s a gray and cloudy day in November, what can you do outside?

Head to Belle Isle State Park, of course, for a scavenger hunt to find the fairies!

Which is what I did this weekend, when the Fairy Doors returned to the Belle Isle Aquarium and Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory for the second year.

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Photo of the Week: Escaping the Cold Winter at Belle Isle Conservatory

Orange orchids in bloom

With a temperature of three degrees Farenheit this morning in southeast Michigan, I decided to escape the cold winter temperatures.

It was the perfect day to visit Belle Isle and enjoy the warm, humid conservatory and colorful flowers in bloom. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Escaping the Cold Winter at Belle Isle Conservatory

Photo of the Week: Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle

Statue in the Belle Isle Conservatory show room surrounded by poinsettias

I wasn’t the only one escaping the chilly cloudy weather outside when I visited the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatary on Belle Isle this weekend.

The over 110-year-old conservatory was busy with couples, families, and photographers exploring the beautiful holiday floral displays as well as the ferns, cacti, and tropical plants. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle