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A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

Dr. David Strahle thought he was living his best life. He wasn't. Putting his all into his profession left little time for anything or anyone else. When tragedy strikes, David is left to determine the real value of his life.

Expected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life, a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.

This Traveltalks entry roams through the northern end of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and makes a short visit to the Upper Peninsula. We start with a ride in a dune buggy on the Sleeping Bear sand dunes. Then it's on to Traverse City, the cherry capital of the world. In Harrison, we visit with Spikehorn Meyer, who lives with the bears that roam freely on his large natural preserve. Our visit ends with a look at Mackinac Island and Sault Ste. Marie, with emphasis on water sports and the water transportation industry.

A high profile, heartless art critic retreats to his cottage on the lake to clear his head. There he runs into a recent victim of one of his particularly nasty reviews and makes a drunken proclamation that any idiot can make art.

Explore the riches of the rocks of the Great Lakes State with Mark Jager, in the third installment of Mystic Michigan. Jager, the author of the Mystic Michigan books series, returns to host this docu-series which explores the many beautiful geological formations across the state of Michigan. Jager unravels the rich beauty, history, and spirituality surrounding the glorious geology of the Mitten State.

A tense drama set on both sides of the Iron Curtain, adapted from the play 'Music at Midnight' by Alan Thornhill and Peter Howard, about an Iron Curtain country revolutionary leader who is inspired to talk over things with the dictator after the revolt has failed and come to a mutual arrangement.

Documentary filmmakers follow electro-pop duo FINKEL as they set out to write a record from within the frozen forests of their hometown - Michigan's isolated and eccentric Mackinac Island.

This MGM short, part of the James A. Fitzpatrick Travetalk series, takes the viewer to Mackinac Island in Lake Michigan. To get there, one sails from Chicago aboard a boat such the North American, where 20 hours later, the island comes into view. The French were the first Europeans to discover this region in the 17th century. About 500 people live there year round, but there are several thousand in the summer months. Historically, the old fort was an important military site, but the island was also a commercial center where John Jacob Astor established the American Fur Company. People get around mostly by bicycle, and lilac bushes are found across the island.

The town of Willow Bay is visited by a strange fog that carries a plague that could kill the entire town. From Mike Stanley, the director of Michigrim and Dead is Dead: The Directors Cut comes a suspenseful tale of "Old School Horror".

American Sailors takes you on board and behind the scenes as four great skippers prepare and race their boats in the longest and oldest freshwater race in the world. In 2008 the Chicago Yacht Club expanded the field to more than 400 boats for the historic 100th running of the magnificent race from Navy Pier in Chicago to beautiful Mackinac Island.

Imagine Buster's disappointment when he visits his dad's favorite childhood vacation spot, Mackinac Island, and finds it's deserted in the winter - almost. He meets Lou, Scott, and Jeff. These year-round resident's favorite pastime is making short films, and with Buster as second camera they shoot a comedy about a ghost mitten that haunts the island during winter.

Mike Rowe goes on a wild goose chase literally! After traveling to the tundra, Mike joins forces with a team of workers that round up a flock of wild geese with airplanes.

See where the auto industry, unions, the Peace Corps and the War of 1812 all began, in the "mitten" we call Michigan.

Josh Gates sends Phil and Jess to reportedly the most haunted place in America, Mackinac Island; this remote island has experienced over 1,000 years of bloodshed, and residents report they are now plagued by terrifying paranormal activity.

Jess and Phil are joined by The Ghost Brothers as they continue their investigation of Mackinac Island; the teams explore a lighthouse with a dark past and realize the troubled past of the island is more widespread than they thought.