How a chef with a love of all things local turned a small café into the beating heart of Lake Leelanau. Vinyl spins steadily in the background, while children run through a sun-soaked patio. Plates of ...

Trophy-sized trout, pristine waterways and timeless traditions by the shoals—May in Grayling is when river life gets the green light. Here’s how to make a weekend of it. River season is in full swing ...

Starting east to west—shop ‘til you drop in this historic downtown.

From crisp cool-climate classics to complex reds coming into their own, these are the bottles putting the North on the map. To the initiated, Northern Michigan means postcard-worthy beaches, endless ...

Third spaces offer a quieter kind of health—built on gathering, listening, learning and lingering together. In 1989, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third space” to describe the ...

You don’t rush into Sault Ste. Marie. Cross the International Bridge, curve along the St. Marys River, and within minutes you ...

Explore the natural wonders, foodie hot spots and third places that make this water-loving county famous.

Dark forests, nodding wildflowers, a boulder-studded beach—enchantment is everywhere at this fairytale trail in the eastern U ...

Flower Power With late spring and early summer comes one of my favorite guilty pleasures: a trip to Peninsula Petals Roadside ...

Cherry growers are turning to American kestrels—tiny raptors with a big appetite for pest birds—to reduce crop damage. These petite predators might just be part of food safety’s new frontier. Bees ...

Just southeast of Grayling, the Mason Tract Pathway traces nearly nine miles through one of Northern Michigan’s most storied conservation landscapes. The 4,493-acre Mason Tract was gifted to the state ...