The Restless Viking

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on August 27, 2024. Did you know that Grand Rapids had been the first city in the world to have […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on August 20, 2024. Standing on a reef of limestone, off the shore of Alpena, Michigan is the second oldest […]

Da Viking and Poppins — aka Chuck and Martha Hayden — explore Neebish Island in this video that premiered on September 30, 2021. Click play to take a virtual visit of the island, which is […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on August 13, 2024. Did you know that there had been a Great Black Swamp southwest of Lake Erie? In […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on July 30, 2024. “Imaginary Friends Stay Free” Last May as we had been driving along Highway 2 in Michigan’s […]

Da Viking and Poppins — aka Chuck and Martha Hayden — explore Lime Island in this video that premiered on August 12, 2021. Click play to take a virtual visit to one of Michigan’s newest […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on July 23, 2024. Did you know that Michigan had thirty-one POW Camps during WWII? That’s right. Camp Lakewood, near […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and first appeared on The Restless Viking website on July 16, 2024. Did you know there’s a multi-use recreation trail from Kalamazoo to South Haven? Through the effort […]

Da Viking — aka Chuck Hayden — joins a work crew that is restoring the Spectacle Reef Lighthouse in this video that premiered on July 29, 2021. Click play to take a virtual visit to […]

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on July 9, 2024. Did you know that the Jackson Train Depot in Michigan is the oldest continuously operating train […]