Last night I arrived in East Lansing where I’ll be giving a couple lectures this week at my alma mater, Michigan State. I crashed at my cousin Sara’s place (who is from Sutton’s Bay, north of Traverse city) for the night.
This morning, my cousin’s roommate’s boyfriend came and visited with me for a [...]

Many of you have read my previous post of the old post regarding the “Legend of the Big Boy Graveyard”. Thanks to an incredible amount of search traffic to Yooper Steez due to that post, and an excellent response from readers, I think I have some information you will all be happy to hear!
First [...]

Louis “Big Louie” Moilanen is a legend in the Upper Peninsula, a legend that transcends much more than just the Upper Peninsula.
Louis Moilanen was born at the turn of the century in 1900 and grew up in the ghost town of Boston, which is about five miles north of Hancock.
Though he was born [...]

Photo by Nancy S.

Bond Falls (map)
Agate Falls (map)
Lake of the Clouds (map)
Porcupine Mountains State Park (map)
Canyon Falls (map)
Copper Peak Ski Jump (map)
Presque Isle (map)
Brockway Mountain (map)
Sugarloaf Mountain (map)
Hogsback Mountain (map)
Seney National Wildlife Refuge (map)
Drummond Island (map)
Whitefish Point (map)
Tahquamenon Falls (map)
Cut River Bridge (map)
Little Mountain (map)
Bear Bluff (map)
Mandan (map)
Covered Drive on way to Redridge (map)
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