Article: When summer crowds are gone, the river, pines and beauty remain.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Ellen Creager

GRAYLING, Mich. _ In a city named after a fish, there's a river of holy water not far from a virgin forest. It's surrounded by land where bombs and bullets fly. It is guardian to a bird. And there's a cabin named Bright that some travelers believe is the most beautiful place in the world.

Oh, and the main road through town is a bypass.

"A lot of people say they have been through Grayling but not to Grayling," says Cheri Hunter, owner of Borchers Au Sable Canoe and Bed and Breakfast.

A bird? A bomb? A fish? The riddles of Grayling require a visit. And fall is the time to go.

On I-75 in northern Lower ...

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