Marquette
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Jumping Off Black Rocks Into Lake Superior Is the Marquette Rite of Passage Yoopers Never Forget
The cold water, the long drop, the dare from your buddies. If…
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The Cliffs Marquette Kids Jump Off Are Some of the Oldest Exposed Rock on Earth
Black Rocks at Presque Isle is Marquette’s rite of passage: a 20…
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He Greeted Marquette’s Founders in 1849. The City Buried Him Like a King in 1902.
Chief Charles Kawbawgam welcomed Marquette’s founders ashore in 1849, presided as the…
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There’s a Giant Wooden Dome in Marquette That’s the Biggest in the World
There’s a giant wooden dome in Marquette that’s the largest of its…
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The Henry B. Smith Sailed Out of Marquette in 1913 and Vanished With All 25 Men
In November 1913, a single storm tore across the Great Lakes for…
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The U.P. Is Bigger Than 9 U.S. States, but Almost Nobody Lives There
Pull up a map and it looks like a strip of land…
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The Only Time in Michigan History a Prison Warden Was Killed Happened in the U.P.
Inside the movie theatre of the Marquette Branch Prison, a December night…
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The U.P. Has More Than 40 Lighthouses, and These Five Are Worth the Drive
Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, well over 120 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…
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There’s a Lighthouse So Far Out in Lake Superior, Keepers Called It the Loneliest Place in North America
Stannard Rock sits 24 miles from the nearest land, took five brutal…
