It’s been nearly 10 years since a man lugged a giant Petoskey stone from Lake Michigan only to have it confiscated by the state months later. Today, it can be seen at the Outdoor Adventure ...

If you’re from Michigan, you understand the lure of the Petoskey stone. When rock hunting along Lake Michigan’s shoreline for Petoskey stones, it’s best to get the fossilized coral wet to ...

A Northern Michigan favorite, Petoskey stones can be found in virtually every souvenir shop this side of the Toledo Strip. It’s really nothing to buy a couple of polished stones and toss them in ...

Michigan has a pet rock, and it is called the Petoskey stone. This is not an ethnic joke; it is Michigan`s version of romancing the stone. Though the fad in pet rocks has come and gone elsewhere ...

The permanent installation of a 93-pound Petoskey stone this fall in Detroit has triggered outrage outstate, but we've learned of a far bigger specimen Up North. The Besser Museum for ...

Take a look at our list of some of the fossils and stones that can be found along the shores of the Great Lakes below: Known for their unique, hexagonal pattern, the Petoskey stone is Michigan's ...

Michigan beach combers, check your pockets: That gray, honeycomb-patterned rock you may have picked up isn’t necessarily a funky Petoskey stone. It could very well be a Charlevoix stone -- a ...

Even though they’re found in the Great Lakes, Petoskey stones are actually fossilized coral. You can tell a Petoskey stone by its honeycomb pattern (in fact, the word “hexagon” is part of ...

PETOSKEY — Petoskey's own Bailey, the Petoskey stone lady, recently left a national mark — one nearly every Michigander noticed. Last month an official White House photograph of President ...

President Obama keeps a Petoskey stone on his desk in the Oval Office The tan-gray %22rock%22 is actually fossilized coral A close friend of White House photographer ...

The Detroit-based maker of luxury watches has unveiled the "Petoskey Stone Collection," a series of watches with authentic Petoskey stones inside. The Petoskey stone is Michigan's state stone.