On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and all 29 of its crew members were lost on Lake Superior during a fierce storm. The…
Over the weekend, Michigan’s governor Rick Snyder ended his short annual trip to the Upper Peninsula. The trip was a busy one for our governor…
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a land of incredible natural beauty, and a minimal population compared to the Lower Peninsula makes it an alluring place for…
Spring has finally arrived here in Michigan, and each week brings more daylight and warmer temperatures. After months of being limited by snow, ice and…
The 2015 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week, as the first vessel passage through the Soo Locks after its yearly re-opening is expected…
One of the ideas Chris and I have been working on for this site is to try and get some Michigan born or based celebrities…
Michigan borders on four of the five Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Huron and Superior), which makes it one of the most-visited areas in the Midwest…
With shoreline bordering four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan sees a great deal of freighter traffic during the shipping season. With ships making 10,000…
One of my favorite hobbies while traveling around the Great Lakes is watching and photographing the freighters that travel these waters, picking up and shipping…