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Restored hand-hewn log cabins of the Victoria mining company town in Ontonagon County, Michigan.

History & CultureRockland Township, Ontonagon CountyAug 3, 2026

Old Victoria: A Preserved Copper Mining Village

Canyon Falls dropping into the slate gorge cut by the Sturgeon River in Baraga County, Michigan.

Outdoors & TravelBaraga CountyAug 2, 2026

Canyon Falls: Michigan’s Grand Canyon

The red brick tower and keeper’s dwelling of the Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba, Michigan.

History & CultureEscanaba, Delta CountyAug 2, 2026

Sand Point Lighthouse and the Mystery of Mary Terry

The Quincy Mine No. 2 shaft-rockhouse standing on the hillside above Hancock, Michigan.

History & CultureFranklin Township, Houghton CountyAug 2, 2026

Quincy Mine Hoist: World's Largest Steam Hoist

Thick columns and spears of ice hanging from a sandstone overhang at the Eben Ice Caves in Michigan.

History & CultureEben Junction, Alger CountyJul 28, 2026

Eben Ice Caves: How They Form and Why There Is No Trail

The concrete obelisk headframes and buildings of the Cliffs Shaft Mine in Ishpeming, Michigan.

History & CultureIshpeming, Marquette CountyJul 28, 2026

Cliffs Shaft Mine: Ishpeming's Egyptian Obelisks

Ripe red thimbleberries on the plant, a wild berry that grows across the Keweenaw Peninsula.

CommunityEagle Harbor, Keweenaw CountyJul 28, 2026

Jampot Monks: The Keweenaw Bakery in a Burger Shack

The Portage Lake Lift Bridge with its tall towers spanning the waterway between Houghton and Hancock, Michigan.

History & CultureHoughton, Houghton CountyJul 28, 2026

Portage Lake Lift Bridge: The Only Road Onto Copper Island

The Administration Building on the campus of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

CommunitySault Ste. Marie, Chippewa CountyJul 27, 2026

Banished Words List: The U.P. Joke That Ran 50 Years

The tall red-and-white Keweenaw Snow Thermometer standing beside US-41 in Michigan’s Keweenaw County.

History & CultureMohawk, Keweenaw CountyJul 27, 2026

Keweenaw Snow Thermometer: The 390-Inch Winter It Marks

The Miners Castle sandstone formation at Pictured Rocks in 2004, showing both turrets before one collapsed.

History & CultureMiners Castle, Alger CountyJul 27, 2026

Miners Castle: The Day a Pictured Rocks Turret Collapsed

A roadside sign welcoming travelers to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

CommunityEscanaba, Delta CountyJul 27, 2026

Yooper Definition: How the Word Got Into the Dictionary

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