Upper Peninsula
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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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This 95,000-Acre U.P. Refuge Brought Back the Giant Swan, and You Can See Them From Your Car
At Seney National Wildlife Refuge, trumpeter swans that had all but vanished…
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Forget Aspen. Organized Skiing in America Started in a Tiny U.P. Mining Town
The national Ski Hall of Fame sits in Ishpeming for a reason,…
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The 1913 Italian Hall Disaster Is the Copper Country’s Darkest Day, and Calumet Still Remembers
On Christmas Eve more than a century ago, a false cry of…
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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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A Yooper’s Birthday Party Grew Into a Music Festival, and This Year It’s Giving Back to Veterans
Drewpalooz4 takes over the Pine Grove Bar in Republic next weekend, and…
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A Single Living Thing as Heavy as Three Blue Whales Is Hiding Under the U.P.
In the woods near Crystal Falls lives the Humongous Fungus, one of…
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Before the Gold Rush, There Was a Copper Rush, and It Happened Right Here in the U.P.
Years before the forty-niners headed west, a rush for copper built the…
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This Wild U.P. Berry Is Too Delicate to Ship, So You’ll Only Find Its Jam Up Here
Meet the thimbleberry, a wild Keweenaw treasure and just about the last…
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These Lake Superior Rocks Look Ordinary by Day, Then Glow Like Lava After Dark
They sat hidden on the beaches for a billion years before a…
