About this city
Also known as: The Riviera of the Midwest
St. Joseph is a historic, exceptionally elegant coastal resort and manufacturing metropolis built beautifully atop towering brick bluffs overlooking the southeastern waters of Lake Michigan. Established in 1834, the city blossomed from a powerful frontier shipping port for timber and iron-casting into a premier midwestern vacation destination, nicknamed the 'Riviera of the Midwest.' St. Joseph expertly pairs its gritty industrial engineering past with luxury lakeside estate living, a brilliantly brick-paved downtown commercial core, and a deep devotion to public beach sculpture parks.
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Suggested stay: 1–3 days
Ride the hand-carved horses at the historic Silver Beach Carousel, walk out along the historic boardwalk to photograph the twin St. Joseph North Pierhead Lights, and splash inside the Whirlpool Compass Fountain.
