5 Stop 5 of 10 on Earl Young's Mushroom Houses

The Half House

Downtown Charlevoix, Northern Michigan

A Preview

"This one's going to make you tilt your head. Look at the Half House. It looks like someone took a completely normal Earl Young stone cottage, drew a line straight down the middle, and sliced the other half clean off. One side is the rounded stone and the wavy roof you know by now. The other side is just... a flat wall."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Earl Young's Mushroom Houses

Earl Young's Mushroom Houses

10 stops · 37 min

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$9.99 one-time

Tour Stops

Follow the full Earl Young's Mushroom Houses route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Bridge Street Drawbridge
  3. 3 The Mushroom House
  4. 4 Park Avenue Row
  5. 5 The Half House
  6. 6 The Thatch House
  7. 7 Hoffman Park and the Weathervane
  8. 8 Michigan Beach
  9. 9 The South Pier Lighthouse
  10. 10 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The Half House

This is just one of 10 stops on the Earl Young's Mushroom Houses tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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