He Started the U.P.’s Copper Rush. Then He Warned Everyone to Stay Away.
The U.P.’s entire copper boom traces back to one man and one report in 1841. What gets left out is that Douglass Houghton spent his last years warning people not…
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Iron Mountain Almost Buried This Mine in 1993. One Caver Saved a Quarter-Million Bats.
A rumored-bottomless mine shaft in Iron Mountain turned out to hold a quarter-million bats. How one caver kept the city…
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Lake Superior Nearly Swallowed This Lighthouse. A Retired Couple Refused to Let It.
Crisp Point Lighthouse sits 18 miles down a dirt road on the Shipwreck Coast. It nearly fell into Lake Superior…
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The U.P.’s Grand Sable Dunes Stand at an Angle That Should Not Be Possible
The U.P.’s Grand Sable Dunes drop 300 feet into Lake Superior at an angle that should not hold. The secret…
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