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I grew up in the small town of Petoskey, MI. You can indeed just walk down the shores of Lake Michigan and find these. People at local camps come and gather the
by acidburnNSA 9y ago
I grew up in the small town of Petoskey, MI. You can indeed just walk down the shores of Lake Michigan and find these. People at local camps come and gather them one day and then spend the rest of their vacation polishing them in rock polishing stations and fashioning them into jewelry and stuff. All the gift shops sell Petoskey stone paper weights, knives, boxes, necklaces, Michigan-shaped Petoskey stones, you name it!
- interfixus 9y agoAll the stuff I didn't know I didn't know that I get to know I didn't know on HN every single day. Thank you :)
- losteverything 9y agoIs the Mole Hole still around.
- acidburnNSA 9y agoWoah, random! I loved that place. The Petoskey location closed but they're operating in Sault Ste. Marie [1]. [1] https://www.themoleholeonline.com/history/ https://www.themoleholeonline.com/history/
- losteverything 9y agoThere was one in Barnegat Light, NJ - and i assumed it was named after the entrance in Petoskey
- nslocum 9y agoSmall world; I grew up in Petoskey too. What year did you graduate?
- angmarsbane 9y agoI was a "fudgie." I spent 90% of my summers growing up in Petoskey.
- awful 9y agoAbout 45 years ago from TC, before they redid the lakefront area (? wasn't there a concrete/gravel plant? or was that Charlevoix), I found so many I couldn't carry them home. Is it still that way? Also, back when Consumer's energy was trying to make nuclear your friend, the Big Rock nuclear plant used to have a a very cool visitor's center with dioramas of the core and a cool cartoon movie theater IIRC. I got the comic book!