Land, water, weather, and the road there
Upper Peninsula wild places, practical travel context, outdoor traditions, and the stories behind the view.
5 stories from this part of the U.P.
Most people know Whitefish Point for what happened offshore. The Edmund Fitzgerald went down not far from here, the shipwreck museum is on the...
Dean Oswald dreamed of having a bear since childhood. Forty years, 240 acres, and one 880-pound legend later, Oswald’s Bear Ranch near Newberry is...
The Cut River Bridge carries US-2 across 147 feet of thin air, one of only two like it in Michigan, with a troll door...
The biggest waterfall in the U.P. runs the color of root beer, and no, it isn't dirty. Here's the real reason behind the nickname,...
A new 1,100-foot accessible boardwalk has replaced the steep 94-step staircase that kept the U.P.'s most famous waterfall out of reach for so many...
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