Mackinac Island has been named #3 Best Island in the Continental U.S.

By Shelley Irwin

Published July 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM EDT

Steph Castleline talks about Travel and Leisure’s 2025 World’s Best Awards and how #3 came to be.

Mackinac Island does it again. Coming off a recent interview with the author of Summer on Lilac Island, we turn to the experts on the island to discuss being named #3 Best Island in the Continental U.S. Steph Castleline talks about Travel and Leisure’s 2025 World’s Best Awards and how #3 came to be.

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Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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