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Pleasant Peninsula
If you seek the best of Michigan, look around you.
Pleasant Peninsula
06/10/2025
Why Is “Kalamazoo” in so Many Songs?
Since Glenn Miller’s 1942 hit, artists have continued to write rhymes with the unique city name
Why Is “Kalamazoo” in so Many Songs?
Since Glenn Miller’s 1942 hit, artists have continued to write rhymes with the unique city name
By
Brendan Clarey
Pleasant Peninsula
06/06/2025
An Inn Like No Other at the Highway’s End
The combination of Polish heritage and American Indian decor makes the Legs Inn feel like a place that exists outside of time
An Inn Like No Other at the Highway’s End
The combination of Polish heritage and American Indian decor makes the Legs Inn feel like a place that exists outside of time
By
O.W. Root
Pleasant Peninsula
05/30/2025
Want Outdoor Kids? Don’t Let Them Inside
Follow these three simple rules to get your kids off screens and out into nature
Want Outdoor Kids? Don’t Let Them Inside
Follow these three simple rules to get your kids off screens and out into nature
By
O.W. Root
Pleasant Peninsula
05/28/2025
The Three Most Famous Rocks in Michigan
Two giant Petoskey stones became museum pieces, and one notable boulder has been written about for 400 years
The Three Most Famous Rocks in Michigan
Two giant Petoskey stones became museum pieces, and one notable boulder has been written about for 400 years
By
Mark Naida
Pleasant Peninsula
05/27/2025
These Berries Used to Be Illegal
Once-forbidden gooseberries still grow in Midland, as does the love of the unlikely pair behind a berry farm
These Berries Used to Be Illegal
Once-forbidden gooseberries still grow in Midland, as does the love of the unlikely pair behind a berry farm
By
Devinn Dakohta
Pleasant Peninsula
05/23/2025
Why Yoopers Have Their Own Chocolate Bars and We Don’t
Lower Peninsula trolls don’t have the shared struggle that produces deep regional pride
Why Yoopers Have Their Own Chocolate Bars and We Don’t
Lower Peninsula trolls don’t have the shared struggle that produces deep regional pride
By
O.W. Root
Pleasant Peninsula
05/16/2025
How Sea Stacks Emerged From a Prehistoric Mega-Lake
These limestone spires once loomed over Native Americans in canoes, and now they stand sentry over fudge-filled tourists
How Sea Stacks Emerged From a Prehistoric Mega-Lake
These limestone spires once loomed over Native Americans in canoes, and now they stand sentry over fudge-filled tourists
By
O.W. Root
Pleasant Peninsula
05/16/2025
DTW Isn’t Just for Leaving
Why travel south in the summer when Michigan is the best place on earth to be?
DTW Isn’t Just for Leaving
Why travel south in the summer when Michigan is the best place on earth to be?
By
Mark Naida
Pleasant Peninsula
05/14/2025
Paris, Michigan, Has No French Connection
A group of students in 1980 built a lasting monument that has given this Up North crossroads an identity
Paris, Michigan, Has No French Connection
A group of students in 1980 built a lasting monument that has given this Up North crossroads an identity
By
Mark Naida
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