After years out West, Michigan chef Bobby Thoits comes home to Northern Michigan, creating a farm-to-table menu that’s both reverent and relentlessly playful. The servers are gathered around a sunny ...

Filmmaker Aaron Peterson, Down Wind Sports owner Bill Thompson and the unofficial mayor of the Upper Peninsula, Bugsy Sailor, ...

Some cookbooks are simply about recipes. Others, like Maureen Abood’s, are about memory, connection, and the joy of passing ...

We’re soaking in every golden moment of fall in Northern Michigan—from crisp mornings and glowing maples to winding roads and ...

Riding a chairlift isn’t just for snow days. In fact, you can fly high above the tree line—no lake-effect storms required—to peep the best of our blazing fall colors. Once up there, you’ll see what ...

You know what you can never have enough of? Beauty. Cool stuff. People pouring their hearts out into ink and paper and clay and canvas and making us think and feel. Because it’s not just our natural ...

Fall Up North isn’t complete without getting lost in a corn maze. These 5 Northern Michigan farms are home to delightful mazes to keep you and yours busy, with a side of cider and donuts when you’re ...

Leaf peeping, mountain climbing, bookish nooks, coffee shops. This coastal gem is where we go when the autumn chill sets in. It’s a trek to get to Marquette, so after a day on the road, stretch your ...

You’ve toured the colors, sampled the wine, sipped the cider and conquered the pumpkin patch. Now, lie down to sleep in some of the North’s most glorious autumn getaways. October Up North is a ...