Michigan is live on Travelog with one city, Mackinac Island, the entire 3.8-square-mile island designated a National Historic Landmark since October 9, 1960. It's been car-free since July 6, 1898, when the Village Council banned 'horseless carriages' after carriage operators petitioned that they frightened their horses. Fort Mackinac, the island's central historic attraction, charges admission and is reachable only by private ferry, no public option exists.
Mackinac Island's car ban has a documented economic origin, not an environmental one, worth understanding the actual 1898 story before visiting, covered in full below.
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