Category Archives: UP

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Marquette, Michigan – ‘Paradise Found’

March 27, 2008 – 7:22 am

NW vista by DA2Brian Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine. These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or [...]

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Michigan Historic Homes: Old Victoria Mining Village

March 18, 2008 – 9:32 am

“Tilted” by Tiffibunny The picturesque ghost town of Old Victoria is one of the first sites ever mined for copper in the new world. This is where the famous “Ontonagon Boulder” was discovered that now resides in the National Museum of Natural Science at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Four buildings have so far [...]

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Ice Climbing and the Michigan Ice Fest

March 10, 2008 – 9:19 am

Eben6119 by ETCphoto The Chicago Sun-Times has a cool feature on ice climbing and the annual Michigan Ice Fest by Felicia Schneiderhan. The Ice Fest is held in Munising (home to over 100 climbable waterfalls) and celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Schneiderhan says: Ice festivals are great for beginners since the cost of admission [...]

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Michigan Historic Homes: The Pickle Barrel House

March 4, 2008 – 8:34 am

Pickle Barrel House by agilitynut Here’s a fun one! Two huge barrels make up this unique and much-loved landmark that has been restored and opened back up as a museum. The house was built for William Donahey creator of the Teenie Weenie comic cartoon feature by a grocery distributor grateful for the attention that the [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: Harbor Haus in Copper Harbor

February 12, 2008 – 12:31 pm

Good service, outstanding and imaginative food, and a fabulous view of the harbor from all tables make the Harbor Haus in Copper Harbor one of Michigan’s most memorable restaurants – “in a class by itself,” as one fan says. Owner-chef Ron Waara is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and started out as [...]

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Michigan Books: The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft edited by Robert Dale Parker

January 25, 2008 – 10:39 am

The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft edited by Robert Dale Parker (University of Pennsylvania Press) brings to the public for the first time the complete writings of the first known American Indian literary writer, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (her English name) or Bamewawagezhikaquay (her Ojibwe name), Woman [...]

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Michigan Books: Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison

January 23, 2008 – 9:17 am

Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison (Grove Press) is Harrison’s ninth novel. It’s the tale of Donald Burkett, a 45-year-old, terminally ill Chippewa-Finnish man who is determined to chronicle his family’s history before he dies. An excellent review of Returning to Earth in the New York Times says that: …”Returning to Earth” represents an interesting [...]

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Michigan Ski Tour: Upper Peninsula

December 10, 2007 – 11:34 am

We’ll be featuring each region of Michigan this week with our Michigan Ski Tour. The first is the first place the snow falls and the lifts open: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read on for ski area and ski resort information & links! As always, if you have something to add: a story to tell, a helpful [...]

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The Weather Outside Is Frightful … unless you’re a skier!

November 29, 2007 – 9:12 am

…but this photo is quite delightful! The siskokid took this photo on November 22nd but I swear it could have been taken today outside my office! He says that this why they call the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan “Big Snow Country”. Coming in December 2007 Absolute Michigan will be helping you [...]

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Weird Michigan: Antlers Taxidermy Restaurant, Sault Ste. Marie

November 28, 2007 – 9:12 am

The latest of our Absolute Michigan “Weird Wednesdays” (held the last Wednesday of every month) is an excerpt from the forthcoming Strange Michigan: More Wolverine State Weirdness by Linda S. Godfrey and Lisa Shiel. Linda is the author of Weird Michigan and also took the photo, which you can see larger if you click it! [...]

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