I’m impressed, 33% of Yooper Steez readers say they have done a polar bear plunge.  I would love to hear some stories. So if you’ve taken the polar plunge please leave a comment sharing your experience.  Did you lose a bet?  Did you go into shock?  Would you do it again?  Do you do it [...]

I left it off the graph, but there were two people who said they have never swam in any of the Great Lakes. If you know anyone who never has, you need to make sure that they swim in one of the Great Lakes this summer!
Which of the Great Lakes have you swam in?
Now [...]

According to our poll result 62% of people prefer eating their pasty with ketchup. Personally I think this has been one of my favorite poll questions on Yooper Steez. If you’re new to our poll questions you can check out the poll archive.

As for myself, I prefer naked pasties, no condiments for me. [...]

Two weeks ago I woke a blog entry expressing feeling about Northern Michigan University closing their campus for not just one, but two days.
It was about -14 degrees with the windchill those two winter days. Since that chilly week it has warmed up across the Upper Peninsula in the last two weeks.
The topic seemed [...]

The results are in…
Here in the Upper Peninsula we like certain things, and we like them a lot. We love pasties. We love referring to people below the bridge as “trolls”. We love Lake Superior. Turns out, we also love red and black plaid!

Traditionally, red and black plaid [...]

Christmas is the favorite name of Upper Peninsula towns according to Yooper Steez readers. It is always a favorite among locals and tourists.
In second and third place are Paradise and Gay respectively.
The Upper Peninsula is full of several other interesting names that are familiar elsewhere..

Boston
Delaware
Phoenix
Florida

If you didn’t get a chance [...]

No love for February
28.4% of votes selected February as their least favorite month in the Upper Peninsula.
No explanation is needed here. We can all safely assume it has to do with being in the middle of a long winter with lots of snow. It probably has nothing to do with being [...]

Today we’re starting a new poll… A few months back we asked our readers “What is your favorite month to be in the Upper Peninsula?” The answer was clearly July, with nearly a quarter of all the votes.

It is officially July 1st! The favorite month of our readers. You [...]

Anyone who has ever driven on US-2 five miles west of St. Ignace has seen the famous Mystery Spot sign. There’s no missing it, and there’s no missing which direction to go to find the Mystery Spot.
According to their website the story of the Mystery Spot goes as follows:
In the early 1950’s, 3 surveyors [...]

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 [...]