I encountered this roadside park while driving the business route through Harrison and onto Clare. The park has obviously been there a awhile but I've since learned that the sign announcing it is only a couple of years old. It was placed there by the Clare Historical Society as it begins to draw attention to some of the local highway history. The Michigan Historical Society sign in the park does not concern the highway or even the park. It talks about logging and Shay locomotives. Read it here.

It took me three tries to get inside. What look like a main entrance isn't and the natural second choice isn't either. But they are cleverly marked to direct customers to the proper door which opens on the gift shop. Clearly these cops are selling more than baked goods and the baked goods they are selling include a lot more than doughnuts. Those are sticky buns in the top left of that cabinet, and that's what I had for breakfast. Note that the area where old coots gather is labeled. The section of sidewalk seen through the old coot's window is also labeled to enhance the view.

The Ideal Theater still shows first run movies and has apparently only been idle one year (COVID-19) since opening in 1930.