St Joseph & Benton Harbor, Michigan
St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Michigan are paired as “twin cities” on Lake Michigan, with a lakefront port history on one side and reinvention stories across the river. John McGivern moves from Silver Beach’s past amusement-park era to downtown staples like G&M Variety Store and St. Joseph’s twin lighthouses, then crosses into Benton Harbor for the House of David’s communal history, the Box Factory for the Arts, and hands-on glassmaking at Water Street Glassworks through the Fired Up teen program, as the episode explores how two neighboring cities hold distinct identities.
