From healing saunas to outdoor wonders, we’ve got your checklist for winter fun in the Grand Traverse region. Escape the ...

Shopping for a bookworm this holiday season? Maybe you just need a new book to dive into this winter. The Village at Grand Traverse Commons is hosting the Traverse City Author’s Book Fair, where you ...

Crackling fires, dashing sleighs and glowing cheeks await in this region of laidback towns and quiet, snow-capped woods.

Luxe lodging and crave-worthy cuisine make our small towns must-visit destinations. The small towns near Petoskey and the ...

There’s more to Traverse City than Front Street. Explore its outlying blocks and experience mouth-watering bites, historical gems, lively bars and enough nightlife to brighten the dark of winter. New ...

Large Lake Superior waves crash on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Copper Harbor Michigan. Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a ...

Foragers look at late summer rains like dinner bells signaling a feast. When moisture collects in soil and decaying hardwoods, fungal mycelium sends up heavenly fruiting bodies that we like to call ...

Author Dave Karczynski on fly fishing, chasing passion, writing and staying still. You’ve fished the same water that Hemingway wrote about, but you don’t really play into that. Were you ever tempted ...

A family penchant for tinkering and fresh tracks gives birth to Michigan-inspired skis with a joy-stoked cult following. We tap into the obsession of Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis. It’s 1908, in the ...

Through the medium of birchbark, Michigan artist Ron Paquin found healing in his Native roots. Now he hopes to pass on his gift to the next generation. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern ...