Located 60 miles north of Detroit, Port Huron is a waterfront town resting at the meeting point of the St. Clair River and Lake Huron. The Blue Water Bridge connects the city to its Canadian counterpart, Sarnia, Ontario.

Port Huron is most famous as the boyhood home of Thomas Edison. Edison, who worked on the trains that passed through Port Huron, is commemorated today by a small museum located in a historic train depot along the St. Clair River.

Another piece of history that put this medium-sized town on the map is the Port Huron Statement - a manifesto of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society. Authored by Tom Hayden in 1962, the Port Huron Statement criticized the political system of the United States for failing to achieve international peace and failing to address social ills in contemporary society.

With its beautiful waterfront, the city began hosting an annual sailboat race between Port Huron and Mackinac Island in 1925. It is one of only two freshwater sailboat races in the world -- the other is the Chicago to Mackinac race.

Today, Port Huron's waterfront is filled with new development, primarily under the guise of area entrepreneur James Acheson. The city's pride has newly been restored with the resurrection of UHL hockey team the Port Huron Flags. If you're in the area, be sure to check out local favorites the Brass Rail Bar (especially at Christmas) and grease heaven Chicken-in-the-Rough. --Ryan Sult