(888) 487-1700 5033 Front St, Eagle River, MI 49950 www.eagleriverinn.com The next morning, we loaded up, fueled up, and headed up the Keweenaw Peninsula to find a place we discovered completely by accident a couple years ago … and were determined to find again. Behold The Fitz … one of the comfiest, funkiest, faraway places you’ll ever wish you’d found …
Magnuson Hotel Franklin Square
(888) 487-1700 820 Shelden Ave, Houghton, MI 49931 www.magnusonhotels.com/Magnuson-Hotel-Franklin-Square-Inn We bed down for the night at the Magnuson Hotel Franklin Square right downtown Houghton … a great location with some absolutely breathtaking views of the Keweenaw Waterway and the surrounding countryside.
Douglas House Saloon
(906) 482-2003 517 Shelden Ave #1, Houghton, MI 49931 After looking into the UP’s copper cultivating past … we looked into our future for the evening and saw that after all this traveling, tasting and touring, we were destine for some fun in downtown Houghton. You know … after a long day in the mines there’s nothing better than a …
Quincy Mine Tour
(906) 482-3101 49750 US-41, Hancock, MI 49930 quincymine.com I was hankerin for some history,so we headed north over the Portage Lake Lift Bridge … through the historic town of Hancock … and up to the Quincy Mine for a trip down and into this area’s fascinating copper mining past. Back in the day, this part of the Upper Peninsula was …
Kewenaw Brewing Company
(906) 482-5596 408 Shelden Ave, Houghton, MI 49931 www.keweenawbrewing.com Michigan Technical University is a great school that brings young people from around the world here to study science, technology, engineering and even forestry … and some of them like it here so much … they decide to build their future here. Case in point is Dick Grey of The Keweenaw …
Porcupine State Park
906-885-5275 33303 Headquarters Rd., Ontonagon MI, 49953-9087 WEBSITE Now, we just passed over the Mackinac Bridge … which never gets old … and now we’re gonna turn left and head to a Michigan mountain rage that’s named after one of my favorite little land mammals … cuz not only are they cute … their pretty sharp too. The Porcupine Mountains …
Muldoon’s Pasty’s
(906) 387-5880 1246 M-28 West, Munising, MI 49862 www.muldoonspasties.com If you’re a Yooper, a pastie is a taste tempting, savory meal you can hold in the palm of your hand … and if you’re not a Yooper … well, they’re pretty much the same thing. It’s just that you don’t get to eat’em as often. So, to get our flat …
Oswald’s Bear Ranch
(906) 293-3147 13814 County Rd 407 (H-37), Newberry, MI 49868 www.oswaldsbearranch.com Season Attraction Closed 10/1 – 6/1 Call for hours When there’s no one left to care for a bear … where do they go? I’ll tell ya where … Oswald’s Bear Ranch … that’s where. Just north of Newbery in the Eastern UP is Oswald’s Bear Ranch … and …
Tahquamenon
(906) 492-3415 41382 W. M 123, Paradise, MI 49768 www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ Tahquamenon Falls … I know about it … you know about it … we all know about it … Ah … but, have you been to see it yet? Yea … me either. Just west of the little town of Paradise in the eastern UP is one of the most …
Antlers Restaurant, The
(906) 253-1728 804 East Portage Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 saultantlers.com It never ceases to amaze me how many amazing places amaze me on this amazing program … and this place … well, you’ll be amazed. Antlers is a cool and rustic restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie where just about every land mammal imaginable watches you enjoy your meal. …