How to Find Your Very Own Glowing Yooperlite Rocks in Michigan
Tips on where and how to find some very cool, glowing rocks with a UV light in Michigan.
Upper Peninsula
Monarchs in the Mitten: Annual Migration Includes Stop In Upper Peninsula
The seasonal migration of endangered monarch butterflies includes a stop in Bay De Noc in Michigan's upper peninsula.
Discovering Michigan's Upper Peninsula Water Falls
Over the week of Labor Day, I set out to the Upper Peninsula for the first time on an extended vacation to stay in Iron River and discover some of the waterfalls. I left Labor Day morning and returned Saturday evening and it was a pretty incredible trip.
There's A Bigfoot Motel In Michigan's Upper Peninsula
It was an entire motel dedicated to Bigfoot called the Bigfoot Hideaway. The entire outside of the motel is painted to look like the woods, with multiple references to the mythical creature all over the building and grounds.
Michigan Woman Finds Unique U.P. Rock That Looks Just Like a Jelly Donut!
Kimmy Addison shared her rare hag stone found along the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan in the Great Lakes Rocks & Minerals Facebook group.
Traveler Flying Over MI Captures Mackinac Bridge At 40,000 Ft.
I flew from Stockholm, Sweden to Chicago O'Hare. The SAS flight went right over the Straits of Mackinac. Here are photos of Mackinac Island and the Mackinac Bridge from 40,000 feet.
Michigan Actually Has Two State Fairs, So Do These States
The Upper Peninsula State Fair is happening now, but there's still time to prepare for the Michigan State fair in the Lower Peninsula.
Satire Site Jokes about Roundabouts along Upper Peninsula’s Notoriously Straight Sceney Stretch – Yoopers Didn’t Get the Joke
Of course, it's a joke that the 25 mile straight-as-an-arrow crossroad free highway known as the Sceney Stretch would need 6 new roundabouts. But post a satirical story on social media and some Yoopers won't get the joke.
18th Annual U.P.’s Pasty Fest Returns This August
When thinking of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one thinks of snow, hiking, and pasties. What most Michiganders probably haven’t heard is the festival dedicated to this iconic U.P. food: Pasty Fest.
Calumet, MI: From Prosperity to Poverty
Though these towns and industries were so vital in the foundation of Michigan, time isn’t always kind. Calumet, Michigan was once considered the epicenter of Michigan's mining industry, now this town is considered one of the poorest in America.