Cruise northwest Michigan's coast by bicycle for stellar scenery

Want to see the real beauty along Michigan's Northwest coast? This Chicago traveler says to do it by bicycle, take your time, and don't miss M119's Tunnel of Trees.

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In the mitten-shaped state of Michigan, there is perhaps no prettier roadway than the squiggly one up north bordering the outer tip of the state's ring finger. That's state Route 119.

It's formally known as the Tunnel of Trees, and as charming as that may sound, the moniker does not adequately describe the beauty of this narrow, twisting stretch of highway that lovingly hugs the northeastern shore of Lake Michigan, starting in the one-time lumber hamlet of Cross Village and ending all too soon in the fashionable Gatsbyesque land of Harbor Springs.

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