In 1976 W.T. (Bill) Rabe started one of the greatest public relations campaigns in history. And it is right here in the Upper Peninsula, at Lake Superior State University.
During 1971 many people still believed that Lake Superior State University (LSSU) was a branch of Michigan Tech University (and is was, just a year earlier). [...]

Here are some Upper Peninsula non-profit organizations to consider giving to this holiday season. Though this post is a little late in the season, it is never too late to give. And remember that there are always many ways to give to these organizations. If you don’t have a few bucks lying [...]

Photo courtesy of mandj98
According to a poll taken earlier this year, Christmas is the favorite town name in the Upper Peninsula.
Here is a map of Christmas for those of you from outside of the Upper Peninsula who may not be familiar with Christmas. It is located NW of Munising, about a 5-minute drive along [...]

Today I was checking out ESPN.com to see how my fellow Spartans are doing in basketball. And though they’re not off to a great start, I saw fellow Yooper Tom Izzo gracing the front page of the college basketball section. I thought this would be a good of time as any to post [...]

Photography has been one of my biggest hobbies for several years now and it was a few years ago when I started following one of my favorite ongoing photography projects, The Gigapxl Project.
I was fortunate do a pretty cool project of my own starting two years back when I left on a 50-state tour for [...]

Recently I came across a very cool feature on Google Images that allows you to search the photography archive of Life magazine.
The history of Life magazine has proved overtime to be one of the greatest archives of the United States history and arguably the most popular periodical of all time. Generally there are three [...]

Photo of Marquette Mountain by Rick the Photo Guy
The Western Upper Peninsula is home to 10 ski hills and some of the finest skiing and snowboarding in the Midwest. Among the hills you’ll find great variety… family resorts, backcountry skiing, terrain parks, touristy resorts, and more secluded hills. I haven’t been to all [...]