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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Escanaba

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  An important shipping point for lumber and iron ore, Escanaba is the Upper Peninsulas third largest city. Its on the Lake Michigan shore, on the so-called "Banana Belt," the part of the U.P. which is, compared to the rest of the peninsula, relatively warm. As you can see in the mural, Escanaba was founded in 1863. ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Moose quilt

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Now, the series--which will conclude next week--takes an artistic turn. During my second night on Michigans Upper Peninsula, I stayed in the White House Hotel in Mohawk. Yes, this is another Keweenaw U.P. post. The owners are a married couple, a woman from Seattle and her English husband. True to his English roots, ...
  2 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Christmas, Michigan

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Christmas, Michigan is a small town east of Munising that got its name from a long-gone factory that made holiday gifts. Some of the businesses in the town honor the Christmas theme, including Santas Workshop, which is the second picture down on the right. Although is has just 400 residents, Christmas has a post ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Northwoods cabin

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Throughout the Upper Midwest, there are homes and businesses built as log cabins. Google "Log cabins, northwoods and youll see this is a popular architectural design Although the log cabin pictured here, in Mohawk, is a little different. According to Hunts Guide to Michigans Upper Peninsula, the constructed under ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: LAnse Indian Reservation

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  There are several Indian reservations on Michigans Upper Peninsula, but the only one I traveled through was the LAnse Indian Reservation on Lake Superiors Keweenaw Bay. The reservation consists of 54,000 acres. But the LAnse Native Americans themselves at Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Lake Superior Band of ...
  6 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: US Route 41

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Ive been from coast to coast a hundred times or more I aint found one single place where I aint been before White line fever Merle Haggard, "White Line Fever," 1969. But the "coast to coast" that figures into my post is the coast of Lake Superior to the Atlantic coast. US Route 41 begins at Copper Harbor, ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Olkies and its Indian head sign

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Everything new is old again...or something like that. My guess is that when this neon sign went up sixty or so years ago, it was viewed as garish and tawdry. Unless you are a slave to political correctness, its seen as classic Americana. Olkies and its Indian head sign is located in Ironwood, Michigan, near Hiawatha. ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Party Store

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Quite a few liquor stores on Michigans Upper Peninsula call themselves "Party Stores," such as this one in Seney. I dont know if fairly recent use of the word "party," as in "Lets Party," comes from the U.P., but I wont rule it out. Its Saturday, so "Lets Party!" Related post: Seney, Hemingway, and ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Hiawatha, the Worlds Tallest Indian

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: The Moose Capital of Michigan

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways You know that theyre there, you know that theyre there Where the real America lies Graham Parker, "Blue Highways," 1988. Graham Parker likely got the inspiration for that song from William Least Heat-Moons, Blue Highways: A Journey into America. His follow ...
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• Gitmo North, Galena, and Durbin

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Calling it a "dream come true," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wants to transfer about 100 terrorists from Guantanamo Bay detention center to Thomson, Illinois. While on Fox News yesterday afternoon, Durbin said that most of the critics of Gitmo North have never been to Carroll County, where Thomson is located. Include ...
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• Travel escapes: Navigating the byways: Visiting Baltimores Charles Street

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 961
  Statues dont get much better than the one atop the Washington Monument. You havent noticed? Theres the father of our country, resigning his commission, wearing his uniform -- and wrapped in a gently flowing toga.
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Yes, I am aware that Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is not on Michigans Upper Peninsula, but until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, the two Saults were one town. The Canadian Sault is by far the more populous of the two cites, 75,000 residents versus 16,000. For the remainder of this entry, when I refer to Sault ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: The Soo Locks

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Lake Superior flows into Lake Huron via the St. Marys River. But the river, which has a stretch of rapids, is not navigable, so the Soo Locks were constructed. The locks, which are operated the US Army Corps of Engineers, opened in 1855. Over 10,000 ships travel through them annually--which are closed due to ice ...
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• Greening our community can make it safer. Wanna help?

  
  15211.org15211.org — Authority: 122
  Multiple studies have shown that greenery helps people to relax, which reduces aggression. Green spaces can also serve as gathering places and bring people together.  And well maintained green spaces can discourage criminal behavior by increasing surveillance and giving a cue to criminals that ours is a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Eat signs

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  My mother told me never to dine at a restaurant with an "Eat" sign outside of it. Such establishments, she warned me were "greasy spoons," or as my high school cross country coach called them, "greezie spoons." A lot of people must have gotten the same advice, because I dont see "Eat" signs much anymore, although ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Hardwood Cafe

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  I didnt get a chance to dine at Covington, Michigans Hardwood Cafe, but I like the name of this business. Next: Eat signs Technorati tags: history michigan upper peninsula photography photos byways travel travel blog culture business humor satire humour
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  There are plenty of tourist traps out there that claim to be something much more, but Da Yoopers Tourist Trap is proud of its appeal to humanitys lowest emotional common denominator. Da Yoopers is a store, an outdoor museum, and a lighthearted look at the culture of Michigans Upper Peninsula. Its located near ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tennessee Trails lead to Pandora music and Facebook

  
  Tennessee Guy — Authority: 100
  Tennessee’s Department of Tourist Development is rolling out a new way of promoting the state: Discover Tennessee Trails and Byways. According to a news release , “The concept behind the program is to leverage Tennessee’s visitor brands including Chattanooga, Knoxville, Great Smoky Mountains, Memphis and ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Making a buck

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  Although many view Michigans Upper Peninsula as paradise, there is even a town on the U.P. named Paradise, but that doesnt guarantee an easy living up north. Even during the best of times, many denizens of the Upper Peninsula, as well as northern Wisconsin, hold more than one job and supplement their modest incomes ...
  3 weeks ago

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