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Islands Without Cars

Michigan’s Mackinac Island

Islands Without Cars, the unique independent travel series hosted by Kira Cook, is back for a second season! In six whimsical half-hour installments, Kira shows us what life is like on islands in the Western Hemisphere’s developed world that have managed to keep a well-worn foot in the past by restricting or forbidding the use of motorized vehicles.

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Michigan’s Mackinac Island

Season 2 Episode 202 | 26m 46s | CC

Michigan’s Mackinac Island is celebrated as an idealized American sense of community that feels “somewhere in time.” June is Lilac Festival time, and the popular Lilac Parade is featured. The island is famous for historic Victorian mansions, horse-drawn carriages, the iconic Grand Hotel and the island specialty, fudge!

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