Publisher’s Weekly Magazine
Lauren Roberts Takes the Mound August 2025
Michigan Blue magazine
Travel writing 2020 to present
A Boatel B&B in Manistee, Summer 2025
Waterfront Dining at Watermark , May 2024
Cool Cruises — Guide to Great Lakes Cruising June 2023
Luna Pier a Secret Spot, June 2023
Mackinac Island Tasting Room January 2023
Holland’s Tulip Time March 2022
Michigan’s Everglades: Shiawassee Wildlife Preserve September 2021
The Secret Life of Great Lakes Turtles April 2021
Lumberman’s Monument November 2020
Tobico Marsh July 2020
Hit the Trails – Michigan Blue Magazine (mibluemag.com)
Michigan’s XC Ski Headquarters has winter in its sights
Lake Huron Hideaway – Michigan Blue Magazine (mibluemag.com)
Sears Roebuck house at Hoeft State Park
Columbus Monthly Magazine
Travel writing 2021 to 2024
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival July 2024
Lost Appalachia July 2024
New York City July 2024
St. Petersburg July 2024
Mackinac Island June 2024
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park October 2023
Fernald Preserve October 2023
Michigan Travel Guide April 2022
Downtown Detroit Getaway November 2021
12 Fabulous and Strange Places to Stay May 2021
Grand Traverse Wine Country Vacation March 2021
Experience Michigan Magazine
Travel writing 2017 to 2020
- Appreciating Michigan’s First People / Fall 2018
- Touring the Wheel Deal at Ford / Fall 2018
- Check Out the DIA’s New Asian Art Wing – January 2, 2019
- Seven Splashtastic Michigan Waterparks for Indoor Winter Fun / March 1, 2019
- Chilling Out in Coldwater Country / Spring 2019
- Take a Bite Out of Weird Michigan Museums / May 15, 2019
- Circle of Life: Cherry Point Farms Woos Visitors with Labyrinth Fun / June 1, 2019
- Visit These Six Fascinating Michigan African American History Sites / August 16, 2019
- Old Bones, New Art, and a Little Sparkle at Michigan’s College Town Museums / September 15, 2019
- See a Wildcat, Flying Tiger and a Blackbird at the Air Zoo / November 1, 2019
- Making Michigan Maple Syrup Memories / March 1, 2020
- Forts, Fresh Air and FamilyFun / April 23, 2020
Detroit Free Press
Travel reporting and travel columnist 2003-2016; feature writer 1987-2003. A sample of some of my favorites.
Breathtaking Yellowstone sparkles off season/ October 17 2016
What a trip: retiring Free Press travel writer tells all/ December 19, 2016
Five places you must see in your lifetime /December 22, 2016
Actual cost of transporting that $25 checked bag? About $2 / February 10, 2014
World tourism slogans range from lovely to laughable / November 26, 2016
Have baby, will travel: See the world with tot in tow /May 4, 2015
What 15,000 bells have taught her / January 4, 2015
Empire Builder train an icon of the West / 2012
Travel sites morph into giant blob with few deals / September 7, 2014
Ghostly guests: Some Michigan hotels haunted by spirits / October 31, 2010
Grace note at the airport / 2013 (listen to the song here)
Michigan passenger wins judgment – Page 1, Page 2 / July 15, 2007
Isle Royale – Page 1, Page 2 / July 26, 2009
Greenland: Jeweled hills of ice – Page 1, Page 2 / March 17, 2013
Lauren’s Choice (Pulitzer Prize Nominee; MPA 1st place feature writing) – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 / September 13, 2000