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A sepia 1910 photo postcard of the Ardis Furnace plant in Iron Mountain, showing a timber headframe, a tall concrete building and a smoking stack, with the word SUCCESS hand-lettered in white on the building and the caption ARDIS FURNACE, IRON MT MICH lettered along the bottom edge.

History & CultureIron Mountain, Dickinson CountyAug 17, 2026

Ardis Furnace: Iron Mountain's Expensive Failure

Green recycling containers at a public drop-off site. Illustrative file photo by Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0.

NewsMarquette, Marquette CountyAug 17, 2026

U.P. Recycling Grants: What $1.4M Buys in Five Communities

The brick Iron Mountain High School building in March 2020. Photo: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0.

NewsIron Mountain, Dickinson CountyAug 16, 2026

Only Two U.P. School Districts Won State Building Grants

Lake Superior shoreline at Presque Isle Park in Marquette on a summer day. Photo: The ed17 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

NewsNegaunee Township, Marquette CountyAug 16, 2026

July 2026: The U.P.'s Second Warmest, and a Record Warm Night

The Quincy Smelting Works on the Portage Lake shore at Ripley, Michigan, around 1906, with its stacks and long shed roofs along the water.

History & CultureRipley, Houghton CountyAug 16, 2026

Quincy Smelter: The Thief Who Wrote Back

The red and white Round Island Light on its stone point in the turquoise water of the Straits of Mackinac, seen from the air.

History & CultureRound Island, Mackinac CountyAug 15, 2026

Round Island Light: The Straits' Rescued Lighthouse

The Pickle Barrel House Museum in downtown Grand Marais, Michigan, a two-story wooden barrel building behind a rail fence.

History & CultureGrand Marais, Alger CountyAug 15, 2026

Pickle Barrel House: Grand Marais' Strangest Museum

The 236-foot smokestack of the former stamp mill at Gay, Michigan, rising over the trees beside the road into town.

History & CultureGay, Keweenaw CountyAug 15, 2026

Gay Stamp Sands: The Black Beach Threatening Buffalo Reef

The Au Sable Light Station at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the white tower rising over the brick keepers quarters and outbuildings.

History & CultureAu Sable Point, Alger CountyAug 14, 2026

Au Sable Light Station: The Lighthouse You Walk To

The Calumet Theatre in Calumet, Michigan, a brick and sandstone opera house with a clock tower, seen from the street corner.

History & CultureCalumet, Houghton CountyAug 14, 2026

Calumet Theatre: The Opera House Copper Built

The 52-foot Hiawatha statue standing above Ironwood, Michigan, seen from the base looking up.

History & CultureIronwood, Gogebic CountyAug 13, 2026

Hiawatha Statue Ironwood: 52 Feet of Fiberglass

Black Rocks at Presque Isle Park in Marquette Michigan

Outdoors & TravelMarquetteAug 13, 2026

Black Rocks Marquette: Lake Superior's Cliff Jump

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