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The haunting beauty of Fayette: How a booming iron town became Michigan’s most captivating ghost town

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Fayette Historic State Park on Michigan's Garden Peninsula preserves the remains of a 19th-century iron town. The site, which once housed 500 iron workers, is now a notable ghost town.

Hidden on Michigan's Garden Peninsula, Fayette Historic State Park preserves a complete 19th-century town where 500 iron workers once lived.

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