Yooper
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The Mighty Mac Is the 5-Mile Bridge That Separates Yoopers From Trolls
For anyone who calls the U.P. home, the first sight of those…
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Real Yoopers Built the Sauna Before the House, and They Don’t Say It ‘SAW-na’ Either
In the U.P., the sauna isn’t a spa day. It’s a sacred…
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One of the Most Famous Lines in Sports Came From a Kid Born in the U.P.
You’ve heard “Win one for the Gipper” your whole life. The Gipper…
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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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He Snowshoed 700 Miles a Winter Across the U.P. Now a Giant Statue Honors Him
If you have ever driven Highway 41 between Baraga and L’Anse, you…
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The U.P. Has About One Black Bear for Every 30 People, and That’s Just Fine
Here is a number that might make you check the treeline. There…
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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…
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Forget Canada. The World’s First Pro Hockey League Started in a U.P. Mining Town
Houghton calls itself the Birthplace of Professional Hockey, and the history backs…
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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…
