Located on Lake Superior, Whitefish point is one of the popular stops in the Michigan Upper Peninsula. Miles of beautiful sandy beaches, piles of driftwood, and clear blue water as far as the eye can see. <br> Whitefish Point is the site of a lighthouse (built in 1849) and the Great Lakes Ship Wreck Museum. The museum is aptly placed, as the waters off the point are known as the "graveyard of the Great Lakes" -- many ships collided there as they negotiated the Whitefish Bay channel in thick fog. The lakes' most famous shipwreck, the 1975 sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, also took place not far from Whitefish Point (though it was the victim of a severe Lake Superior storm, not a collision). The ship's bell is on display at the museum. There are also video presentations, ship models and shipwreck artifacts. A cool soundtrack of waves, bells and foghorns plays throughout the museum (and, yes, you will get to hear Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" several times while you're there). Whitefish Point also has a bird observatory that's popular with birders because of its location along the migratory routes of many species.