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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Eat signs

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  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 ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Hardwood Cafe

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  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
  2 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  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 days ago

• Tennessee Trails lead to Pandora music and Facebook

  
  Tennessee Guy — Authority: 98
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Making a buck

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Pasties

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  One of the tourist attractions of Michigans Upper Peninsula are pasties. It has a flat "a," think opposite of future, with an "ies" added. And no, it has nothing to do with the pasties some women wear. Cornish immigrants brought the pasty, which is best described as a giant dumpling, to the U.P. in the 18th century, ...
  6 days ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Logging

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Upper Peninsula Upventure now turns its eyes to commerce. The U.P. has two main industries, tourism, which is what brought me to northern Michigan in August, and logging. Thousands once worked in the copper and iron mines of the Upper Peninsula, but just two mines remain, although a third, near Marquette, has been ...
  1 week ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Munising Falls

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Although there many more waterfalls on Michigans Upper Peninsula, Munising Falls is the last one to be featured in this series. Located on the east end of the town of Munising, adjacent to a large parking lot, it is very close to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Next: Commerce Earlier posts: Eagle River ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Eagle River Falls

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  In the middle 1800s, the Keweenaw Peninsula town of Eagle River, Michigan was a copper boom town. According to an historical marker in the now-unincorporated town, in 1855, Eagle River boasted two breweries, thirty two saloons, and three hotels. One property, the German Hotel, hosted the towns jail on its third floor. ...
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• Bishop Baraga and St. Marys Pro-Cathedral

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  The first cathedral, albeit a temporary one, on Michigans Upper Peninsula, was St. Marys Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Its first bishop was Frederic Baraga, a Slovenian priest who came to came to the Upper Peninsula to serve as a missionary in 1831. Baraga was fluent in eight languages, including two ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Canyon Falls

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Near Alberta, Michigan in Baraga County is Canyon Falls. Like Agate Falls to the west, these falls are adjacent to a roadside rest area--in this case on US Route 41. Besides some rapids, there are two falls, a lower, on the left, and an upper falls. By the way, situating rest areas next to natural attractions is a ...
  1 week ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Agate Falls

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  The Upper Peninsula Upventure now turns to waterfalls. My first one is one of the best, Agate Falls near Paynesville. The Ontonagon River reaches erosion resistant sandstone near Michigan State Route 28. Its quite accessible, there is a rest area next to the park, and above the falls is a trail bridge, which was once ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Little Girls Point

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Named for a Chippewa Girl who drowned there in the 1800s, it was at Little Girls Point County Park near Ironwood where I gazed upon Lake Superior for the first time. Besides the story, the point is best known for agates, which one of my travel books claims are "easily found" here. I gave up looking after ten ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Whitefish Point

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Besides the lighthouse I chronicled earlier, Whitefish Point, on Michigans Upper Peninsula is known for sand dunes, fabulous birdwatching, and a commanding view of Lake Superiors Whitefish Bay. I was there in late August, when the lake water is the warmest--which means swimming is part of the mix at the point. As ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Gobebic Range

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  The Gogebic Range has two meanings. One refers to the Gobebic Mountains, which are really hills. The second regards an iron range--the area was once dotted with iron mines. I took this photograph from the top of a ski slope in Ironwood. Its not named for the tree, but for an early resident who worked in an iron ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Farming

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Unlike the Lower Peninsula, there is very little farming on Michigans Upper Peninsula. The climate and soil isnt agreeable for agriculture. But there are a few scattered farms. The wheatfield on the left is located just south of Houghton. Over on the right is a hay farm near Sault Ste. Marie. Perhaps its just a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Links of the Week – October 20, 2009

  
  Preservation Alliance of Minnesota — Authority: 418
  by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative Oct. 20, 2009 The Gunflint Trail has been designated a National Scenic Byway, according to an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The National Scenic Byways Program is an often under-recognized partner in historic preservation, but the program—and its national ...
  3 weeks ago

• Outer Banks Scenic Byway Receives National Designation

  
  Seaside Vacations — Authority: 126
  The Outer Banks Scenic Byway received national status on Friday as one of America’s Byways®, recognizing NC Highway 12 for its fascinating coastal heritage and unique natural landscapes. “The Outer Banks touch people in different ways.  Part of that connection, whether it is to the beach, or the landscape, or ...
  3 weeks ago

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: More Pictured Rocks

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  On Saturday I posted some pictures I captured while of the Pictured Rocks--our nations first National Lake Shore. All of my photographs of the Pictured Rocks were taken while I was a passenger on a cruise boat. The cruises are done for 2009, so to get similiar pictures--you have to charter your own boat, or do what ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Amazing Appeal of Adirondacks

  
  Tour Travel Hotel Vacation — Authority:
  One of New York?s pride is the Adirondacks. It is a wonderful site to trek, boat, swim, camp, fish, ski, hunt, bike, tour, or simply relax. Enjoy the vacation of a lifetime at Adirondacks. Hailed as USA?s last great wilderness, the Adirondacks is a colossal natural green and blue place. It is a wonderful site to for ...
  4 weeks ago

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