One of the sweetest parts of summer is an outing to a local ice cream shop. Whether you're cooling down with a shake or lounging on a bench and licking a cone, these frozen treats are hard to pass up.

ST. JOSEPH, MI -- When Alycia Sass moved from California to Michigan 30 years ago, she walked down Broad Street and thought “Lake Michigan looks just like the Pacific Ocean.” “If it had been palm ...