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Photo: David J. Fred (Dfred), CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
These stones are common on area beaches and are high in marine fossils.
A Petoskey stone is a collectible rock composed of the fossilized rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. It is usually found pebble-shaped; such stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked the fossilized corals from the bedrock, ground off their rough edges and deposited them in the northwestern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula. In those same areas of Michigan, complete fossilized coral colony heads can be found in the source rocks for the Petoskey stones.
Chesapeake and Ohio Depot
The oldest building standing in Petoskey.
Sculpture garden in the main quad of North Central Michigan College.
A statue of author Ernest Hemmingway, who often visited this area in his youth.
A very popular beach during the summertime, this is the place to enjoy Lake Michigan on a hot summer day.