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Float Away on the Manistee: The Packing List

Float Away on the Manistee: The Packing List

Travel Editor Lynda Twardowski (world’s biggest cheapskate) shares all the essential goodies she used on her 4-day kayaking trek down the Manistee River.

Sheppard’s Call

Sheppard’s Call

Glen Sheppard likes trees, animals, clean water and fresh air, and he doesn’t care for people who diminish them. Oh, and he’s not shy about sharing.

Stalking Local Asparagus in Empire

Stalking Local Asparagus in Empire

The coastal town of Empire is sprouting some of the finest spears in the land.

Northern Assets

Northern Assets

Now may be the best time ever to invest in a new home, cottage, or property Up North.

A Traverse Forest Feast

A Traverse Forest Feast

Put on your walking shoes, grab a basket and follow us to the forests surrounding Traverse City for Foraging 101.

Discover Marvelous Wild Mint in Northern Michigan

Discover Marvelous Wild Mint in Northern Michigan

On a fine spring day, find a dappled corner of the Michigan woods. Breathe deep. Ah, wild mint! Find out how it got there—and what to do with it.

Iron Mountain Italian

Iron Mountain Italian

Ravioli with red sauce, porketta at the tavern, lavish tomato gardens. With a craving for flavors of the Old Country, this U.P. border town can’t help but offer up authentic.

So a Girl Walks into a Bar: Traverse City Night Life

So a Girl Walks into a Bar: Traverse City Night Life

Small town, Saturday night, Up North. With snow swirling outside and cabin fever raging inside, intrepid reporter Lynda Twardowski seeks relief and a cultural pulse in the gathering spots of...

Chillin’ and Grillin’: Winter BBQ in Northern Michigan

Chillin’ and Grillin’: Winter BBQ in Northern Michigan

Icy beers, good friends, meat sizzling over smoking-hot coals. All that goodness isn’t just for summer. Grab your shovel and dig out the Weber. The path to a true Northern Michigan meal is lined...

Saving Michigan’s Coaster Brook Trout

Saving Michigan’s Coaster Brook Trout

The only two places the coaster brook breeds in the United States is two locations in the Lake Superior watershed, specifically, in a small tributary near Big Bay called the Salmon Trout River, and...

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