Almost Every Waterfall in Michigan Is in the U.P., and These Five Are Pure Magic
Michigan has over 300 named waterfalls, and the Lower Peninsula has exactly one of them Here is something that surprises a lot...
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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 in Michigan history that inmates have ever killed a prison...
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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 years to build, and nearly killed the men who kept...
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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, and earn an honor almost no scientist ever gets There...
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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 to anyone who ever spent a summer up north Ask...
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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 locals call the most beautiful in the state Tucked into...
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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 real 1952 murder in Big Bay and was filmed in...
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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 every night for decades, and people still drive out to...
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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 Bridge, and it nearly came true In 1975, the U.P....
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Two Best Friends From Tiny Iron Mountain Grew Up to Conquer College Hoops and the NFL, and They Never Stopped Being Buddies
Tom Izzo and Steve Mariucci were teammates in three sports at Iron Mountain High, roommates at Northern Michigan, and they are still...
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