The Most Photographed View in the U.P. Sits on Top of a Forest That Was Almost Lost
Lake of the Clouds is the most photographed view in the U.P., a 300 foot walk from the parking lot. The forest it sits on top of was nearly logged…
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There’s a Ghost Forest in the U.P. Where the Trees Never Grew Back
The Kingston Plains near Grand Marais is a U.P. ghost forest: a haunting plain of century-old stumps where logging and…
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Drivers Cross 147 Feet of Thin Air on US-2. Under the Bridge, a Door Says T. Troll.
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There’s a Tree Nursery Hidden in the U.P. That Quietly Replants a Quarter of the Country
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