“We camped in Union Bay of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park for 2 nights. It was long way from Detroit Metro(10 hrs) but Porcupine Mountains area was very nice with big nature. Definetly it worth to stay there.”
–mtsn on Flickr
This should inspire you to take that trip to the Porcupine Mountains State Park this [...]

On May 29th and 30th, 13-year-old Carl Torola, Jr. of Calumet will compete in the 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee. The competition will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel in Washington, D.C.
Each year the Upper Peninsula sends one student to the National Spelling Bee who wins the annual Upper Peninsula Community [...]

A few weeks ago we posted a blog entry about Jeff Finger, and our knowledge of him being the only Yooper to play in the NHL. We stand corrected! Since the NHL season is coming to a close soon we wanted to give you another Upper Peninsula hockey update. Here are six more [...]

Looking for some Memorial Day weekend site-seeing? If you can spare a day, or a few hours if you live closer, make a trip the Scott Falls. You’ll find Scott Falls about 7 miles west of Munising, just to the east of Au Train, conveniently located right off highway M-28.
This type of waterfall [...]

As commented in an earlier post about Jeff Finger, Corey suggested that Dallas Drake should be considered an Honorary Yooper. We couldn’t agree more!

Dallas Drake has become a household name in the Upper Peninsula, at least for any hockey household. For the first time in his NHL career (over 1,000 games spanning 16 [...]

Naturally, there is going to be a bell curve on this graph. Those who live in Ironwood aren’t going to make nearly as many trips across the bridge as those living in St. Ignace or Sault Ste Marie. Though it looks like most people average between 2 to 5 round trips across the [...]

The Portage Canal is somewhere I’ve driven past hundreds of times in my life, but never have I seen it like this. This snow falling in the photo gives it a second effect of it being a grainy photo, adding that to the tone gives it a fantastic vintage look as if this photo [...]

Tourist season is coming! Time to travel, camp, go sight-seeing and vacation in the Upper Peninsula. If you’re a local don’t forget to be a tourist in your own town this summer and visit all the places you’ve read about but have never visited. For tourists and locals alike we put together [...]

Over the years every Yooper hears stereotypes, jokes, and definitions of the word “yooper” that we can all chuckle about, roll ours eyes at, or even confirm in rare instances.
At Yooper Steez we’re always looking for people using the word “yooper” online, in books, or anywhere else. Well, our latest research came across something [...]

This shot was snapped by James M Phelps yesterday, validating that spring is here. A photo that speaks for itself, the yellow feathers pop out on the green background (and foreground) of the spruce needles.
Check out more of James’ photography at www.jmp-photography.com
Photo courtesy of JMP’s Flickr page.