Gaylord, Michigan is a great place for a vacation home!

Gaylord is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,681. It is the county seat of Otsego County.

Gaylord styles itself as an "Alpine Village" and the city center features many buildings with Tyrolean style motifs. Receiving abundant snowfall and experiencing mild summer temperatures, in recent years the area around Gaylord has become known for its many skiing and golf resorts, one of the largest such concentrations in the Midwest. Gaylord features an annual event in July known as the Alpenfest. Participants are encouraged to dress in traditional Swiss stylings. Gaylord is also seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord; it is by far the smallest settlement serving as the location of an active Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States. Gaylord is the birthplace of the "father of information theory", Claude E. Shannon. Highway signs denote that Gaylord rests on the 45th Parallel Line -- halfway between the equator and the North Pole.