Shipwrecks, storms, final words: historian Ric Mixter traces the Great Lakes' haunting messages in bottles. Before radio ...

David “Cowboy” Weiss was a wild-hearted, cocky and freshly minted cadet from Traverse City’s new Great Lakes Maritime Academy. His first assignment: To board the Edmund Fitzgerald. One sailor’s story ...

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How to get (and keep) the very best berries of the season—and our favorite strawberry recipes. I know we’re sitting snug in the cherry capital here in Traverse City, but it’s … ...

In the loop! Take a cool spin around Traverse City’s Boardman Lake this summer for a lollygagging good time. Here’s the intel + where to stop for sips and bites along the way. … ...

Dine has years of ghost-hunting experience and family roots tracing back to Traverse City’s logging days and a Kentucky witch ...

Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a phenomenon that brought the mighty Edmund Fitzgerald to the bottom.

View of Downtown Traverse City.

Celebrating the North’s craft beverage scene, across all seven regions.

A half century after it closed, the oldest inn in the national park system is open once again to laughter, the best night’s sleep ever, home cooking, lifetime memories and even romance. For a storied ...

Tucked in the limestone bluffs of the Upper Peninsula’s coast are the crumbling vestiges of an abandoned smelting town, Fayette. We go in search of the heartbeat of the past. Featured in the July 2003 ...