State: Michigan
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)

I am standing on the Lower Peninsula near the Colonial Michilimackinac Fort on the Lake Huron side of the Mackinac Bridge. The land mass in the distance is the Upper Peninsula. This Mackinac Bridge connects the two peninsulas. The ice was thinning and was unsafe to walk on at that time so I could not get both peninsulas as well as the Mackinac Bridge in the shot.

To stand here and look out at the two of the vast Great Lakes just takes my breath away. I have lived in Michigan my whole life and nothing else takes me back than looking out at this historic bridge and these two unique peninsulas. To stand at the spot I was standing and know that this was once 18th century French, and British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes. Wikipedia
So much history happened right where I was standing….
Being as much of a history buff as I am, it means a lot every time I step onto those grounds.

History Facts:

The Mackinac Bridge (pronounced /ˈmækɨnɔː/, with a silent “c” at the end of the word), is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was completed only after many decades of struggles to begin construction. Designed by engineer David B. Steinman, the bridge (familiarly known as “Big Mac” and “Mighty Mac”) connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south.

The bridge opened on February 5, 1884, ending decades of the two peninsulas being solely linked by ferries. A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as “the world’s longest suspension bridge between anchorages”.

The length of the bridge’s main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and twelfth longest worldwide.

History Facts provided by Wikipedia