Sponsored Content by Meagan Francis In autumn, St. Ignace and the surrounding region become one of northern Michigan's most ...

Along M-22, beach days tend to blur into smoked fish lunches, roadside cherry stops, sunset wine pours and sandwiches unwrapped on the hood of the car. From Onekama to Leland, Northport to Traverse ...

On a windswept coast of the Upper Peninsula, a small band of devoted monks is carving out a life that balances work and worship. The monastery’s bakery, Jampot, draws thousands each summer in search ...

Buzzy openings, big names, sold-out menus. Join us on a delicious romp through what’s new on the North’s dining scene. A recent announcement by Detroit’s acclaimed Sarah Welch: the now former ...

There’s nothing quite like stumbling across the first trillium of spring, but summer’s blossoms are easier to catch—and you don’t have to lace up hiking boots or disappear down a forest trail. In July ...

This homeport’s generational smoked fish shops carry on a delicious Great Lakes tradition. Rich, buttery, gently smoky whitefish and lake trout are an irresistible Great Lakes delicacy. Seeking it out ...

Recent Success: Kelly Gravelle has always taken a special interest in mentoring teens. When she moved to Suttons Bay, Kelly purchased a large home and decided to offer the extra space to anyone in ...

The weather may be frigid, but winter still offers plenty of wild flavors if you know where to look. Morels, ramps and violets arrive in spring, followed by summer’s chanterelles and dandelions and ...

The only prehistoric rock drawings in Michigan, located in the Upper Peninsula between Manistique and Escanaba, are fading into oblivion from neglect and vandalization. Can they be saved? As long ago ...

Armed with a fistful of change, we dig deep into the underground culture of fans who have created an oasis for an iconic game that is making a comeback in Northern Michigan. I had heard rumblings.

Battling booming summers, big-box competitors, melting ice bridges and his own vow to leave the family biz, Andrew Doud finds his purpose by breathing new life into the quaint family market at the ...

If it feels like everybody suddenly has a tick story, the data backs that up. The Michigan Disease Surveillance System reported 3,380 Lyme disease cases in 2025—up 72 percent from the year before and ...