Maybury State Park

This beautiful state park just west of Detroit was once a quarantine destination for thousands of tuberculosis patients, created under the direction of real estate tycoon William H. Maybury to keep the infectious isolated and give them a place where nature could help them heal. Today, it's a marvelous place to cross-country ski in the winter or hike and bike at other times of year. The park also hosts demonstrations of life at the turn of the 20th century, such as honey extracting and sheep shearing.