The beaches at Grand Marais are excellent hunting grounds for the ancient Lake Superior agate, a semi-precious stone made up of concentric circles of microcrystaline quartz reddened by iron. Here’s ...

MUNISING, MI -- One of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore beaches just got a little more remote. Starting after Labor Day you’ll only be able to reach Miners Beach, on the shores of Lake Superior, ...

Anyone who lived in the Upper Peninsula this past winter, or anywhere in Michigan for that matter, will forever remember the brutal winter of 2013–2014 for its scarily low temperatures, icy drives, ...

Carnivorous plants, a picturesque pebble beach and outcrops of a rare type of volcanic lava rock highlight Minnesota’s newest nature preserve. The Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area is ...

National Weather Service forecasters are warning swimmers of potentially dangerous conditions on lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior on Sunday, July 6. "A high swim risk is expected for the Lake ...

The results are in: We all prefer Lake Michigan beaches. The sugar-sand shores of Lake Michigan claimed eight of the 10 top spots in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice 2024 awards for best beach in ...

Michigan’s summers are made for water. With more than 11,000 inland lakes and miles of Great Lakes shoreline, the state offers no shortage of spots to swim, wade or float. For many residents and ...

BETHEL - Sullivan County has temporarily suspended swimming and boat rentals at Lake Superior State Park in Bethel due to an unhealthy algae bloom. "Cyanobacteria, better known as blue-green algae, ...