A winter field guide / both peninsulas
Two peninsulas. A thousand ways in.
Choose the part of Michigan that fits your winter: bigger snow, a short drive, a small town, or a city full of light. Eight regional editions, one very good season.
“Nobody remembers the warm, easy weekends. They remember the one where the car door froze shut and everyone laughed anyway.”
— The Good Cold
Cadillac, Traverse City, Petoskey & Harbor Springs
Northwest Lower Michigan
Big winter. Small-town warmth.
From the General StoreThe Lake Effect mugFor the second pot of coffee when the roads aren’t going anywhere either.Have a look ↗
The Nain Rouge
Detroit has had a red dwarf since before it was Detroit. Legend says Cadillac shooed him off in 1701 and lost everything; ever since, the little demon turns up right before the city’s bad luck. So every spring, Detroit throws a costumed parade, the Marche du Nain Rouge, and chases him out of town for another year.
Winter’s officially over when the Nain is gone.
Marquette, Munising & Sault Ste. Marie
Eastern & Central Upper Peninsula
Ice, light & a very good story.
The pasty
Cornish miners carried it down into the Keweenaw copper mines: beef, potato, onion and rutabaga, folded into a sturdy crust and baked until it can survive a lunch pail. Locals say “PASS-tee.” Locals also have opinions about gravy versus ketchup.
Find one in almost any U.P. town. We’ll tell you where.
Editorial regions, not administrative boundaries. Artwork is imaginative; use official maps for travel.