Mackinac Island: Charm takes you to another time

Anick Jesdanun | Associated Press Comments The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is such a draw among tourists that non-guests must pay a $10 admission. (Sally Finneran/Associated Press) Mackinac Island — Producers of the 1980 movie “Somewhere in Time” didn’t need to build elaborate sets to depict the tale of a playwright who travels back to 1912 to find romance. They simply filmed on Mackinac Island, a Great Lakes enclave that retains its Victorian-era charm thanks to a certain ban. Motor vehicles have been banned on the island, located off the Straits of Mackinac separating Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas, since the start of the 20th century after an automobile frightened some of the...