upper peninsula

Don't expect to take a leisurely stroll out to the lighthouse in Menominee on the southern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula anytime soon.

Why, yes - your host has been there.

Michigan's Winter wonderland is more fun on a snowmobile, unless you are one of these guys.

Michigan's time zone boundary gives us a geographic oddity - the westernmost point of the Eastern Time Zone in the United States.

Trip Advisor review: "Will not return".

You'd think Wisconsinites would know a thing or two about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. After all we're Wisconsin's elegant, class-up-the-joint hat. But no, it seems they're a bit confused.

Mount Arvon in northern Michigan's Huron Mountains has always been considered the highest point in the state. Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming.

This is insane! At this speed, the wind chill has got to be incalculable. Watch this video of a U.P. snowmobile driver clocking nearly 100mph.

If you're lucky enough to own a sauna, we have a question for you, have you ever used those hot coals to cook sausage?

Maybe being "Up North" is just a state of mind, when you consider how many spots in the Upper Peninsula area actually south of the Mackinac Bridge.