There’s a town in Michigan where the streets smell like summer, the air tastes sweet, and everyone’s walking around with watermelon juice on their faces looking absolutely delighted about it.
Howell, Michigan transforms into melon central every August, and it’s the kind of experience that makes you wonder why every town doesn’t dedicate a festival to delicious fruit.
Located in Livingston County, roughly an hour’s drive northwest of Detroit, Howell is the definition of quintessential small-town America.
The downtown area features gorgeous historic brick buildings that tower over the sidewalks, their tall windows reflecting the Michigan sky like they’ve been doing for over a century…