Melt your worries away while you watch this wonderful video composition featuring images from the U.P. I love the original guitar work.

The Mining Journal has a neat article on a couple from Harvey that are in their mid-80s and are really into recycling. Some of this younger generation might think that recycling is a new thing that folks have come up with to treat the environment in a kinder, gentler fashion.
Believe it or not, but [...]

Shoot! The secret is out. Our wonderful and unique U.P. was named in the top 50 vacation getaways by Disney Family Travel. The title for the U.P. description at www.family.com/travel is - “Wilderness and Waterfalls Are the Ultimate Escape.”
You can sort out a travel itinerary by age such as babies, toddlers, school-age, [...]

Pasty.com is the place to get your fix of frozen pasty goodness shipped right to your door. While you are munching on your warmed up past you can also peruse - The Pasty Cam.
What is the Pasty Cam you say?
According to the Pasty.com website it is -
A daily visual journal in Michigan’s Upper [...]

Train Engine at Escanaba train graveyard, originally uploaded by All Things Michigan.

On our visit to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula over Labor Day weekend I did some exploring around Escanaba. I wanted to see where the old loading docks were for loading iron ore onto freighters so I followed the train tracks where they cross U.S. 2 on the east side of town.

After a few twists, turns and dead ends I stumbled upon this train graveyard. Old engines, cars, and other pieces of train equipment litter the rusted rails behind barbed wire topped fence.

A sign at the entrance inside the fenced enclosure stated something like, “No trespassing. Train fans keep out.” I obeyed the sign and parked in the lot for the Little Bay De Noc boat launch.

I was able to get some neat shots by leaning over the fence. I would have loved to explore and peak inside the engines, but alas I obeyed the no trespassing sign.

Here is a satellite view of the train graveyard. I don’t know how old the satellite photo is, but the boat launch and parking lot are not there.

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If you have never visited the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, this article in the Mining Journal might convince you to head north. I have hiked the Pictured Rocks area (nothing too rugged) but have not had the pleasure of viewing the impressive rock formations and waterfalls from a [...]

This past January I wrote about The Anatomy of a Yooper exhibit at the Marquette County History Museum that began running in April. The exhibit is still open and is featuring traditional U.P. food (I’m thinking pasties) at an open house this Thursday from 7 to 9pm.
The exhibit showcases how Yoopers coped with the [...]

Bud Lemire of Escanaba put together this great photo montage of the Escanaba area set to music. There are incredible photos of breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, huge Great Lakes freighters in Little Bay de Noc, fog rolling in off of Lake Michigan, and much more.
It is hard to capture the beauty of the Upper [...]

With crummy state news leading newspaper headlines across the state I thought I would just fore go commenting on the bad and show some of the good of our beautiful state. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to numerous breathtaking views and Doug Modlin put together some great pictures in a slide show and added [...]

Just what is the legendary Stormy Kromer you ask? Well, back in 1903 retired semi-pro ball player decided he had lost one too many hats due to the wind whipping them off. He enlisted his wife to add earflaps to one of his old baseball caps so when he was riding in his [...]