Here are a few scenic ways to ditch the car and see Northern Michigan’s fall color from a different perspective.

Author Anne-Marie Oomen documents her personal struggle to rescue and nurture monarch butterfly pupae from parasites and ...

Four perfect trails we’d clear a Saturday for, plus where to linger afterward for lunch, cider, coffee or a sunset beer.

You can spend a perfectly good October day in Northern Michigan getting rained on in a fleece, eating an apple in your car ...

Oysters, conservas and a singing lobster: Inside Umbo, the Traverse City restaurant everyone has been waiting for. For months, Traverse City diners walked past paper-covered windows and wondered when ...

After years of busy schedules and everyday life, a couple in their 50s headed to Northern Michigan for a weekend in the trees, on the water and, most importantly, together. By Lynda Twardowski ...

Hotel Perry has been welcoming travelers to downtown Petoskey since 1899, and its newest owners aren’t interested in reinventing it. Jon and Lauren Cotton, whose family-owned Cotton Collection ...

Retirees in Northern Michigan have long served as an essential workforce for critical local programs, but organizations now face increasing challenges in recruiting new volunteers to replace them.

Northern Michigan’s apple season stretches from late summer into October, with different varieties ripening throughout the harvest. That means there’s plenty of time to grab a basket, head to an ...

Skip the Rock is an online journal that helps rockhounders log, identify and map over 48 Great Lakes stones and fossils for free, no download required. For those of us who have never given rocks much ...

Northern Michigan’s dream retirement is real, but so are the expenses that come with finally having the time to enjoy it. There’s often a specific fantasy that drives retirees who land Up North. Maybe ...

Before I even take a seat, the Musumecis put a glass of wine in my hands. Loaves of sourdough bread sit on the kitchen counter. The sun bounces off the hardwood floor. Linen napkins drape across each ...