Indulge in some retail therapy at the Grand Traverse Mall where you can choose from over 100 your favorite shopping brands. Excellent restaurants, bars and cafe located within the mall offer the ideal spot for a break. There is also a nine screen multiplex where you can catch the latest block-busters with friends and family. Offering a complete list of amenities including play-areas, food courts and ample parking, Grand Traverse Mall is a local favorite hangout of the city.
Robinson's Scenic Gardens, advertises itself as the Concrete Sanctuary. Although mainly a yard decorations retailer, it welcomes well-meaning tourists too. The family owned facility sells over 2000 different garden ornaments ranging from the usual garden gnomes, birdbaths to life-size wildlife creatures and unique Biblical characters. There is in fact, a barricaded section dedicated to Biblical scenes. The place also features a free kiddie area and a picnic spot that is sprinkled with colorful, not-for-sale, fiberglass animals, of which the purple hippo and red rhino are most popular.