Upper Peninsula
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This Marquette Prison Is Famous for Its Flower Gardens. It’s Also Where Inmates Murdered the Warden.
It happened during a Sunday matinee in 1921 — the only time…
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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…
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There’s a Chemical Element Named After a Yooper From Ishpeming, and Most People Have No Idea
Glenn Seaborg grew up to win the Nobel Prize, help discover plutonium,…
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If You Grew Up on a U.P. Lake, This One Sound Will Take You Right Back
The haunting call of the common loon is the sound of home…
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There’s a Mountain Wilderness in the U.P. So Wild It Feels Like It Belongs Out West
Michigan’s largest state park hides an ancient forest and a cliff-top view…
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The Soo Locks Are Among the Busiest in the World, and You Can Watch Giant Freighters for Free
Right in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, you can stand a few feet…
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One of the Greatest Courtroom Movies Ever Made Is a True U.P. Murder Story
The classic courtroom film Anatomy of a Murder is based on a…
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If You Grew Up in the U.P., You Already Miss Cudighi. Everyone Else Has No Idea
The U.P.’s own sweet-and-spicy sausage sandwich was born in 1936 and is…
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Is the Paulding Light a Ghost or Car Headlights? The U.P. Has Argued for 60 Years
A strange glow has appeared on a dead-end road near Watersmeet almost…
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The U.P. Came This Close to Leaving Michigan and Becoming the 51st State of Superior
The dream of breaking away from Michigan is older than the Mackinac…
