Man vs. U.P.
Well done Kris, now let’s see if Bear Grylls or Les Stroud come to the Upper Peninsula for an episode of either of their shows.
Also, might not want to giveaway that we have pasties growing in the wild, or beer trees, too many people might start moving to the U.P.

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Tom Izzo is certainly all over the media right now as we wait his decision to stay and coach at Michigan State or go on to the NBA to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers.  There’s no doubt that the Iron Mountain native has made a permanent impact on college basketball.
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An old 35MM scan of one of the old miners houses at the ghost town, taken probably 10 years ago, don’t think it is still standing. cminer52 on Flickr
About 12 miles southwest of Copper Harbor is the old ghost town of Mandan, a tiny mining town that was vacated in 1909. It was [...]