Outdoors & Travel
Upper Peninsula nature, places, trips, and practical ways to explore them.
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There’s a Tree Nursery Hidden in the U.P. That Quietly Replants a Quarter of the Country
Most people drive right past it. But this 90-year-old nursery outside Watersmeet…
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Why Tahquamenon Falls Runs the Color of Root Beer (No, It Isn’t Dirty)
The biggest waterfall in the U.P. runs the color of root beer,…
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Meet the Lake Sturgeon: a 150-Million-Year-Old Living Fossil Still Cruising U.P. Rivers and Lake Superior
Seven feet long, older than the ice age, and still gliding along…
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Are There Mountain Lions in the Upper Peninsula? The DNR Just Confirmed Cubs for the First Time
For the first time in over a century, a mother cougar and…
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Isle Royale Is Michigan’s Only National Park, and the Least-Visited One in the Lower 48
An island wilderness of wolves and moose, with no roads and a…
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Christmas, Michigan Is a Real U.P. Town With a 35-Foot Santa and Its Own Postmark
There is a town in the Upper Peninsula called Christmas, and yes,…
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This 95,000-Acre U.P. Refuge Brought Back the Giant Swan, and You Can See Them From Your Car
At Seney National Wildlife Refuge, trumpeter swans that had all but vanished…
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These Lake Superior Rocks Look Ordinary by Day, Then Glow Like Lava After Dark
They sat hidden on the beaches for a billion years before a…
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More Than 750 Wolves Roam the U.P. Right Now, and You’ll Almost Never See One
Right now, more than 750 wild wolves are roaming the forests of…
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People Think Lake Superior Is Just a Lake. Then They See It Like This.
The biggest waves ever recorded on the Great Lakes rolled right past…
