O Chrismas Tree: Michigan’s Unsuspecting Big Business
The Christmas season is bursting with joy, hope, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. We take it in through all our senses—the sight of...
The Country’s Oldest Ice Climbing Festival
Many people travel to gorgeous Munising, Michigan, in the state’s Upper Peninsula to experience the beauty of the infamous sandstone cliffs of Pictured Rocks...
The Iceman Cometh
Every year on the first weekend in November, around 5,000 mountain bicyclists take off down the runway at Kalkaska Airport and barrel through the...
Wade Rouse & Viola Shipman: Lake Michigan’s Storytellers
Before Wade Rouse ever knew he would become a bestselling author, he knew the gentle weight of his grandmother Viola’s charm bracelet as she...
A Story 100 Years In The Making
When Chad Munger held just a palmful of Rosen rye seeds in his hand in 2020, it was the beginning, or at least the...
Colorful Beaver Island: Michigan’s ‘Emerald Isle’
Beaver Island’s draw for most visitors is its remoteness. They say it can snap a vacationer from the real world in just a few...
HOP HOP JINGLE BOO: Debra Schoch’s Folk Art
On the Lake Superior shore, Debra Schoch creates whimsical papier mâché holiday folk art figurines from her home in the tiny U.P. town of...
Jake Ingle: Building Dreams Out Of Snow
Like all sculptures, creating a masterpiece begins with an artist’s vision. Then the artist expertly makes use of the tools he or she has...
Tree Stumps Can Make A Princely Garden
Next time a storm knocks over a tree in your yard or a neighbor’s, think like a prince…Prince Charles, that is. The Prince of...
Camp Grayling: Michigan Is Home To World-Class Training Center
Northern Michigan is a destination for outdoor lovers—paddlers, campers, fishermen and cross-country skiers—and for military convoys carrying camo-clad soldiers to the largest National Guard...












