Northern Michigan’s prestigious Lake Walloon is a feast for the eyes. But it’s not just the undulating crystal blue waters that feed one’s appetite for nature — the hundreds of architectural beauties that dot the 30 miles of shoreline beg for a closer look too.
In this exceptional terrain you’ll find a smorgasbord of Victorian-inspired houses, modern marvels and rustic wood retreats. But these are outliers. Here, the quintessential cottage is earmarked by gray clapboard siding with chunky white trim — maybe a red accent here or there to distinguish it from the neighbors. And it was exactly this breezy