Features - Northern Michigan

	Food Loving Summer Every hungry Northerner needs to know where to find warm wild blueberry pie, a small-town sausage shop for brats, a proper whitefish supper and peaches that make you weak in the knees. Your Northern summer it-list of the fresh and fleeting discoveries that make life up here so delicious. Full article... ( Features Food & Wine Features )
	No Guts No Glory Yoopers invented Guts Frisbee way back in 1958. Today folks are whipping the saucers at one another all over the world, but the game's U.P. DNA still guides the action. Full article... ( Features )
	Ode to Joy Irma Rombauer's 20-million selling cookbook, Joy of Cooking, has deep roots in Northern Michigan. Full article... ( Features )
	25 Reasons to Love Life Up North Cherries, pasties, lighthouses, fudge. Sure, we’re proud of the North’s marquees. But for most of us, it’s the understated pieces of the North that capture our hearts and call us back: a two-track heading into a shadowed forest, a fish market right on the pier. Here, then, is a tribute to the things we love about life Up North—25 wonders that capture the spirit of this place in subtle, soulful ways. Let our list inspire you to spend time exploring this spring, falling in love with your own personal icons. Full article... ( Features Traverse )
	Checking in: Jerry Dennis Jerry Dennis is hard at work on his next Great Lakes book. We ask him how things are going. Full article... ( Features Traverse )
	King Pong Don Hayden opens a table tennis training center in Williamsburg. Full article... ( Features Traverse )
	The Awakening Powwow regalia is more than just captivating. Each bit of thread, feather and fur reminds both dancer and audience that Native Americans are again free to express their religion, their traditions, their selves. Full article... ( Features Traverse )
	Mr. Smiley's Windmill Wars Steve Smiley has a plan for Northwest Michigan towns to become energy self- sufficient for electricity and heating—no more coal, no more oil, no more nuke. Is he crazy or what? Full article... ( Features Traverse )
	Our Lighthouses Get Some Love Eight lighthouses throughout Michigan will share over $215,800 brought in by the Save Our Lights license plate program. Full article... ( Features Features )
	Hot Property: Holy Wow Real estate listing for a fabulously renovated former church built in 1925 in Marquette. Full article... ( Listings Features Real Estate )
	Winter Science: The Subnivean Zone Animals long ago discovered how to use the subnivean zone, a place near the earth that take advantage of the insulating nature of snow. A look at how wildlife uses this zone as well as how to take advantage yourself. Full article... ( Outdoors Features )
	Snow Play Travel with snow at its heart including the Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest and Mackinac island's Scenic Postcard Run. Information on music, events, outdoor snow activities and lodging. Full article... ( Events Features )
	Foodie File: Nancy Kelly Chef/proprietress, Pellston Market Interview with Nancy Kelly, chef/proprietress, Pellston Market. Full article... ( Features Food & Wine Features Traverse )
	Persevering for Clean Clean up of the vacant industrial site at Tannery Bay, on the St. Mary's River just upstream from Sault Ste. Marie, is a testament to a communities willingness to push for clean land and water. Full article... ( Features Outdoors Features )
	Sage at Odawa Casino Resort Short review of Sage at Odawa Casino Resort. Full article... ( Features Food & Wine Features Traverse )

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