There are several Indian reservations on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but the only one I traveled through was the L'Anse Indian Reservation on Lake Superior's Keweenaw Bay.
I've been from coast to coast a hundred times or more 
Everything new is old again...or something like that. My guess is that when this neon sign went up sixty or so years ago, it was viewed as garish and tawdry. Unless you are a slave to political correctness, it's seen as classic Americana.
Quite a few liquor stores on Michigan's Upper Peninsula call themselves "Party Stores," such as this one in Seney. I don't know if fairly recent use of the word "party," as in "Let's Party," comes from the U.P., but I won't rule it out.
By the shores of Gitche Gumee, 
Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways
Sault Ste. Marie has been mentioned more than any other city in Upper Peninsula Upventure. But I've neglected to mention who founded it, Father Jacques Marquette, who came to the New World as a missionary in the late 1600s.
As I explained in my Brief History of Copper Mining post, had it not been for a border dispute between Ohio and Michigan, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan probably would have ended up as part of Wisconsin. For the first 119 years of statehood, ferry service across [...]
Yes, I am aware that Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is not on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, the two Saults were one town. 
Lake Superior flows into Lake Huron via the St. Mary's River. But the river, which has a stretch of rapids, is not navigable, so the Soo Locks were constructed. 
Since today is Veterans Day, I thought I'd take a look at "old" New Fort Brady.
My mother told me never to dine at a restaurant with an "Eat" sign outside of it. Such establishments, she warned me were "greasy spoons," or as my high school cross country coach called them, "greezie spoons."
I didn't get a chance to dine at Covington, Michigan's Hardwood Cafe, but I like the name of this business. 
There are plenty of tourist traps out there that claim to be something much more, but Da Yoopers Tourist Trap is proud of its appeal to humanity's lowest emotional common denominator.
Although many view Michigan's Upper Peninsula as paradise, there is even a town on the U.P. named Paradise, but that doesn't guarantee an easy living up north.
One of the tourist attractions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula are pasties. It has a flat "a," think opposite of future, with an "ies" added. And no, it has nothing to do with the pasties some women wear.
Upper Peninsula Upventure now turns its eyes to commerce. The U.P. has two main industries, tourism, which is what brought me to northern Michigan in August, and logging. 
Although there many more waterfalls on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Munising Falls is the last one to be featured in this series.
In the middle 1800s, the Keweenaw Peninsula town of Eagle River, Michigan was a copper boom town. According to an historical marker in the now-unincorporated town, in 1855, Eagle River boasted two breweries, thirty two saloons, and three hotels. One property, the German Hotel, hosted the town's' [...]
The Upper Peninsula Upventure now turns to waterfalls. My first one is one of the best, Agate Falls near Paynesville. The Ontonagon River reaches erosion resistant sandstone near Michigan State Route 28. It's quite accessible, there is a rest area next to the park, and above the [...]
Besides the lighthouse I chronicled earlier, Whitefish Point, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known for sand dunes, fabulous birdwatching, and a commanding view of Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. 
The Gogebic Range has two meanings. One refers to the Gobebic Mountains, which are really hills. The second regards an iron range--the area was once dotted with iron mines. 
Unlike the Lower Peninsula, there is very little farming on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The climate and soil isn't agreeable for agriculture. 
As regular readers of Marathon Pundit know, I spent some time in Michigan in August and September. My earlier trip was on the Upper Peninsula, and during Labor Day weekend I outside of Three Rivers, near Kalamazoo. You've certainly noticed that I encountered a lot of fascinating' [...]
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a hard place to make a buck even in the best of times. But a century ago the area was booming because of the many copper and iron mines. Just two mines remain.
