UPPER PENINSULA MICHIGAN: Pristine & Isolated, It's Unlike Anywhere Else In The U.S.

We visited these towns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Escanaba, Manistique, Newberry, Munising & Marquette.
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[@willbygosh4887]

Michigan has more coastline than Florida.Terrible Winter weather but no gators,no sharks,jellyfish,hurricanes.But Michigan has some beautiful beaches.I'd rather be in Michigan than Florida during the summer without that sauna like heat.

[@steveletson6616]

I'd rather be in Michigan than Florida any time of year.

[@jimsage1043]

Took a short cut one time in the UP. Added an hour to my time. Even with fwd I had to turn around. I live in Ohio. One winter I drove up to Curtis, picked up a friend and we headed to Marquette to see another friend in the hospital. The highway went right along Lake Superior for a bit. It was very windy and very cold. The spray off the lake was freezing before it hit the car. Sounded like getting hit with small bbs. Still love the place.

[@TheFuzzieWuzzie]

@@jimsage1043~ Lake Superior is ice cold to the shore on a 90 degree day. Nothing like Lake Erie, lol

[@houseofdogzz5908]

I’d rather be in MI instead of Florida all 12 months!

[@profxtreme9275]

Summertime in northern Michigan, especially the UP, is heaven on Earth.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

Escanaba local here. Thanks for visiting! You actually walked past my mom's boat at the beginning of the video and passed my girlfriends grandmas house at the 12:03 mark haha. She lives across the street. Couple side notes. It's spelled "Yooper" and it's pronounced "past-ee" not "paste-ee" hahaha. Glad you enjoyed!

[@NYtoNC]

Lol yah pay-sties are something entirely different😂

[@mattdosh243]

To remember the difference, "pasties" the food, are from the PAST. "Pasties", the covering, is PASTED on.

[@deb7518]

I discovered 'Cornish Pasties' in England. They were first made for the Welsh tin miners to take to work in their lunch buckets, so that they could have a good solid meal. They would only eat down to the crusts on the outer part, then throw that part away, because their hands would be covered in toxic tin, etc, from the mine. (So, basically, they were the early homemade version of 'Hot Pockets'.) When I visited England with the English guy I was then dating, he and his Auntie thought it very funny how fond I'd grown of them as we traveled around on buses and trains during the Christmas holidays. It was cold and blustery for much of our trip, and a pastie and a 'cuppa' (tea)became my go-to station order.😊

[@MitchJohnson0110]

@@deb7518 the Cornish immigrants to the U.P. worked in the copper and iron mines. They brought the pasty with them

[@helenwenzel7603]

Thank you for correct pronunciations.

[@lindabarnes4128]

I immigrated from England to Escanaba in 1960. It was such a lovely town - downtown was bustling, with The Fair Store, Woolworth's, Kresge's and yes, both movie theatres! For 50 cents we got a movie, popcorm, a drink, an ice cream and a candy bar. It was a weekly event. The Centennial celebration was absolutely enchanting with the parade and year long celebrations in 1963. I was sent to St. Patrick's school. I now live on the remote North Pacific coast near Canada. Thanks for those wonderful peeks back into a wonderful past and present. It warmed my soul ❤

[@searose6192]

If you don’t mind me asking, do you mean the Alaska end of the coast or the Washington end. I am considering the opposite move, from the Northwest coast to the UP.

[@lindabarnes4128]

I live on the Washington coast, near Canada. Not the sound, but the actual coast. It's very temperate here. The UP is very cold, and quite snowy. I miss the snow, but not the cold. Very natural and wild up there!

[@zk_c8076]

Thank you for sharing your story! I actually enjoyed reading this!

[@bigdaddyrat7854]

Would you happen to remember the old popcorn wagon across from the Delft Theatre or the 8' chicken outside Tim & Sally's?

[@lindabarnes4128]

Yes, I remember Tim and Sally's but I'm not sure I remember the popcorn cart. I lived above Sayklly's on Ludington too, next to Tim and Sally's.

[@ritahallam8818]

Michigan is a very beautiful state!!

[@xman777b]

I'll take Ohio or Iowa or Minnesota

[@nicolethompson8613]

​@@xman777b😂😂😂

[@TheRustyones]

ohio? must really like armpits too.@@xman777b

[@forrrrestjohncave]

Northern Lower Michigan and the UP are beautiful. All of southern MI is a gutter with the exception of Grand Rapids.

[@GEN_X_]

You don't know what you're talking about do you? The Metro Detroit Cities of Grosse Pointe, BloomField Hills and Birmingham are the Palm Beaches of Michigan. The UP has nothing on these beautiful affluent cities. And Grand Rapids is Hickville USA. @@forrrrestjohncave

[@WWeronko]

You missed my favorite Upper Peninsula haunt, Houghton, Michigan. It is the home of Michigan Tech University and a truly wonderful place.

[@hakes187]

Love living in the UP, a great place to raise kids. The economy is a bit lacking, and winter is long, but if you work hard, it's a peaceful living

[@ottomerkwurdigchliebe7271]

My Mom lives in Laurium ( Home of the Gipper). My Grandpa came from Germany in 1923 to work in the mines in the Copper Country ( Keweenaw Peninsula). He got hurt in a mining accident where he met my Grandma who was his nurse. He recovered, they moved to Chicago to make their living, retired back to the family home in Laurium. When my Mom retired she went up with my Grandparents and lives there still. I've been going up to Laurium several time each year for my entire life. I'm 64 now and consider the UP a second home. I've seen the Northern Lights from the Beach at Eagle River and a super moon from the beach at the Calumet Water Works. Absolutely incredible! I learned to ski up there and have seen winters with almost 400 inches of snow. The winters in the Keweenaw are harsh to put it mildly but the summers are great( the mosquitos can be pretty harsh too). Check out the Copper Country it's Beautiful up there! Great Channel by the way. Hoooly Wah!

[@mrbr549]

I lived in Laurium for a year or so in the seventies. Tons of snow! Like you said, it's a beautiful area in the Summer. I remember a backyard barbecue in late May surrounded by snow, lol.

[@zoidmo3388]

Thx for sharing🥰

[@hans-georgd.1095]

Laurium, home of Toni’s County Kitchen and arguably the best Finnish pasties in the Keweenaw (subjective of course 😉).

[@andrewlemerond4374]

Thanks for sharing. You've probably eaten a few pieces of Trenary toast, eh? Perhaps a Cudighi sandwich or two?

[@rockpadstudios]

I grew up in Laurium

[@USAR8888]

I made a spur of the moment roadtrip up to the UP in mid October of 2019, driving from Illinois. It was the most beautiful, serene place I have ever seen. The fall colors were spectacular! I've traveled quite a bit and seen most of the US and I still think the upper peninsula is the most gorgeous scenery I've ever encountered, especially in the fall. Specifically the Porcupine Mountains and Lake of the Clouds, Pictured Rocks, Keweenaw peninsula and Copper Harbor, and Grand Marais. The coastline along Lake Superior was an absolute dream. I can't wait to go back.

[@johneschelweck1880]

The dumas making the video never mentioned that spectacular fall color season in Marquette in October. Instead he says they have 2ft of snow from October to.... I lived there 18 yrs. October is beautiful. What a goof

[@GEN_X_]

Yeah, the upper peninsula is nice for about 2 months out of the year and then winter hits. You don't want to be there in the winter. My family has owned a private cottage in Munising since the 1960's and they get so much snow up there, that they can't leave their house and they have to shovel snow off their roof or it would collapse.

[@johneschelweck1880]

Bull crap. I lived in Marquette for 18 yrs. Many months of great weather to enjoy you WIMP

[@GEN_X_]

LOL if you think U.P. weather is considered "great" then you must be related to the eskimos. I'll take my South Florida weather any day over that northern Michigan crappy weather Mr. Hickville USA. @@johneschelweck1880

[@wasntme3651]

@@GEN_X_ Your name says it all 😂😂😂😂 You have to be tough to live in the UP. Winters are awesome here and if you’re soft you can only handle two months haha. Mild winter this year.

[@johnm.lashmit8855]

We live in the northern lower peninsula, about 60 miles south of the Bridge. There is nothing anywhere that can match up to the U.P. There is so much to see up there, lots of waterfalls to hike to, old copper mines to tour, and a lot more. There is so much history in that peninsula. Once you cross that bridge, it's like a whole different world up there.

[@michelledryden4378]

Thank you!! I think I've found my new escape from the GA heat next summer😊

[@jmichna1]

Joe & Nic, Your next visit, come travel the less populated, more isolated, western end of the UP... west from Marquette, up the Keweenaw, then on to Ontonagon & Gogebic counties.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We will be doing that. We plan on 2 more UP videos. Stay tuned.

[@ariesempresstarotandguidance]

We moved to the UP two years ago from Reno, NV. We love it here, it seems a world apart from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the USA. We live about 15 miles south of Lake Superior, and even though the winters can be long here, we enjoy being a part of this beautiful untamed country. So much wilderness and natural beauty up here.

[@podunkest]

It really is crazy how remote the UP feels lol, I love it and how desolate and yet beautiful it is.

[@Veedr0]

It's like stepping back into time

[@poowg2657]

The "a" in pasty is pronounced the same as in "pastor". The original was made with cubed beef, carrots and rutebagas . The reason Munising is full of tourists is because most come to see the Pictured Rocks national lakeshore. My family and I have taken the scenic cruises many times and can't reccomend it enough. Excellent video, liked it much!

[@zoidmo3388]

u forgot 'onions lots & lots of onions & potatos' in Cornish Pasties.

[@Drewzer154]

It amazes me how people can mix up pasty and pastie. lol

[@poowg2657]

Put pastys on your discreet areas. You'll look ridiculous but smell great.

[@Drewzer154]

@@poowg2657 lol.

[@zoidmo3388]

@@Drewzer154 an actual Protected Food Names Popo right here? who woulda thought.

[@Faithful10415]

I want to visit now. This looks spectacular. Also seems like a very low crime area, clean neighborhoods, and not a lot of people, lots of nature. This introvert’s dream.

[@bonniethompson610]

I'm from a southern family. I can't bring myself to leave Michigan. It's a beautiful state. The coastline is amazing, well the parts that are not hidden by buildings and homes. The UP is amazing! There is a ton of history here. Enjoy your visit. Stay away from the inner city areas,it's rough.

[@grimsonforce7504]

For now, unforunatley people have started moving in only a matter of time before it becomes a another toursity cesspool of crime.

[@Polksalad615]

Perfect for me!

[@BaconIsNotBiceps]

Mid-80s I recall driving from Massachusetts to Washington State with my uncle, something very unfamiliar to me, and passing by a massive body of water. Perplexed, I inquired as to what ocean this was only to be laughed at by my uncle who responded, "That's Lake Erie." I said, that's a lake??? He said, yes, and one of the smaller great lakes at that. Most people will never understand how utterly massive the Great Lakes are until they see with their own eyes. This is an amazing video, my friend. Thank you for taking us along with you into a gorgeous part of our country. I enjoyed it very much. Stay safe out there.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you. 👍

[@stinahokenson4161]

The pasty is pronounced “PASS-tee”. Some of us Yoopers want it with ketchup. There was a thought that only Trolls (those who came from south of the Bridge) ate them with gravy. It is a Cornish adoption very useful for miners to keep warm wrapped until lunch breaks in the Copper and Iron mines.

[@lauravictorious4670]

Gravy 🤮not on my pasty. Was eating one, at a family member's home, and the ketchup was low. I used Worcestershire sauce and that wasn't bad.

[@carolb9234]

As a Michigander who lives "down state" I can say I truly love Michigan. We have the cleanest lakes and beaches around! The people who live in northern Michigan call those of us who live down state "fudgies", because we go up North for the fudge, lol. I've also heard that the pasty was developed by the wives who used to pack their husbands lunches when they went off to work in the copper mines. It was a full meal and they were able to eat it with their hands.

[@lauravictorious4670]

We also call them "trolls" because you live "under the bridge," so to speak.

[@joywebster2678]

This was a mining tradition in England. My grandfathercwas sent to the British coal mines at age 10. He hated it, but talked about his pasties as his days highlight. He lied about his age and got into the WW1. Then after the war he and my Grandmother immigrated to Toronto, Canada. So many immigrants brought the mi ing traditions with them, passed it on.

[@Shamustodd1]

@@lauravictorious4670 Ouch! And I always thought so fondly of Yoopers, it kinda hurts to know we are just trolls to you.

[@lauravictorious4670]

@@Shamustodd1 I never said "just trolls." I simply pointed out the nickname. I have lots of family in lower Michigan.

[@Shamustodd1]

@@lauravictorious4670 It's cool I was only joking. Last week we were in Eau Claire Wisconsin and decided to take the long way home through the U.P. We absolutely love it and would love to live in the U.P. but both work in Muskegon and are kinda tied here. Maybe someday.

[@johnnymidas5879]

MAN YOU GET AROUND BROTHER!! 😃👍🌴

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

I try, Johnny!

[@BGNOLA]

Being in Louisiana now, 55 degrees in July sounds like heaven

[@michelerosevear7466]

Born and bred "Yooper" here...I've lived in/near the big cities (Chicago/Detroit) and living here is so much nicer. It's great to see someone appreciate the beauty of the Upper Peninsula. Here's an interesting fact that you probably don't know...there's a town called "Paradise" in the U.P. and a town called "Hell" in the Lower Peninsula? Accurate, I believe...great video.

[@michaelporter3555]

Great video. As popular as the Upper Peninsula is it's another place that outside of the region you rarely see much about it. It really is a beautiful place.

[@colemant6845]

Congrats!.. You Ventured into the America that 90% of Americans NEVER see. Amazing part of this Great Country.

[@avlisk]

3 years ago this September, I drove through the UP just to see what it was like, as it was way out of my way. If I had any family even close by, (they all live on the east coast), I would have bought a home there in a second. It felt so good just being there.

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

You may be in michigander at heart

[@W.Michigan]

Lived in Marquette for many years. Perfect little city in paradise.

[@ryanvanderark1168]

The house at 204 E Harrie St in Newberry Joe mentions is listed on Zillow for $50,000. 2 bed, 1 bath, 1,020 square feet.

[@gtingaming716]

In the UK we have a Cornish Pastie, it’s a traditional dish from the southwest area of the country. It looks incredibly similar to the one you had there. It was a meal made for the miners. The pastry handle was designed to be thrown away after being handled by coal covered hands.

[@zoidmo3388]

Oh my! My Gran was the best pastie maker ! Yes, I'm bias lol. How I miss them. Grandad came to Canada wanting work, sent to mines in Timmins, Ontario. Gran back in Cornwall waiting waiting with 2 young'ns. She finally packed up bags got on the ship & came to him. He wanted her to wait so as to have a house to come to but she wasn't having non of that ! LOL.

[@nathant17]

yeah looked like a deluxe version of a British meat pie to me. They have them in Jamaica too. They are pretty good.

[@mothernorthsforest]

Pasties in the UP are derived from the Cornish pasty, but distinctive in its inclusion of rutabaga and some Finnish influence. Pasties were brought to the copper and iron mines from the UK, but quickly adjusted to suit the growing Finnish population :) so while similar, a yooper pasty is its own dish

[@zoidmo3388]

@@mothernorthsforest We had many Finnish working in the mines. My school chum's Gran made awesome pulla braided bread. Thx for bringing sweet memories back. Like their homemade back yd sauna & intro to branches wrapped together to swish over your skin to clean pores. The good 'ol days.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

My mom worked at Joe's Pastie shop in Ironwood, Michigan. She said the traditional pasties were made for Tin miners. Since tin usually has arsenic in it the pie was designed to allow the miner to eat it without poisoning themselves.

[@ms.m9337]

Nothing like blue skies and green countryside…thanks Joe for the great tour! 😊 PS love that you show us awesome treats too ❤

[@dougholtz730]

The Delft Theatre has a solid future as am event center. Some solid backers are getting ready to move forward on the project, so there is great hope! The Michigan continues to languish, but it is owned by a couple who have plans to renovate it to its former glory by 2026.

[@lauravictorious4670]

I saw movies there when I attended NMU. Sad that it's not a movie theater anymore.

[@msudoc]

I saw Star Wars premiere at the Delft! 🙂

[@michelerosevear7466]

It was great, as a kid, seeing movies at The Delft...the interior of the theater was incredible. The Nordic theater was across from it--now it's a called "The Honorable Distillery"; miss seeing movies there too but not as much as The Delft.

[@homesteadprowlers8388]

LOL! It's YOOPER. I love Manistique, it's so mysterious. It's always 10 degrees colder than the surrounding area and always misty when we go there. I love Marquette, too, but it's quite the weather there! Wonderful video, love your content! Thank you for publishing so regularly, we really enjoy your videos so much!

[@gatorgogo2742]

Now I inderstand why my friends love living up there so much! It's beautiful. The jail and sheriff's residence really caught my eye. The home for sale in Newberry is 2/1 and is listed at $50,000. Nicole, you looked a bit chilly there at the end. lol Thanks guys.

[@minime8048]

yes Nic doesnt look well

[@amberhansen3806]

My friend lives in the UP. Gwinn. She was living in Houghton for years. She seems to love it. She has all animals eating from her hands. They're so friendly up there

[@theresehill1660]

There are a.lot of.Finnish peop!e in the UP. Actually my father in law was born in. A.little town called Febron Quarry. His parents did not speak English. As they were Finnish..so the mid wife na!ed.him GWINN after the town she was from.!

[@dianacanales2526]

Michigander here from the Lake Michigan shoreline of the lower peninsula. Fun Fact: We in the lower peninsula are nicknamed "Trolls" because we live under the Mackinac Bridge. Thank-you for visiting and filming our beautiful state, but I feel you missed out on all the gorgeous natural scenery pretty much everywhere you go by sticking to the downtown and residential areas. Waterfalls! The Upper Peninsula is famous for it's numerous and stunning waterfalls. Some do not require too much of a hike, and some do, of course. Tahquamenon (Tah-kwa-me-non) Falls State Park is located at 41382 W. M-123, Paradise. There is also an entrance to the park on M-123 in Newberry. Highly recommend if you venture back someday. In Munising, you missed the opportunity of a lifetime to take one of those tour boats to see Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore with its stunning cliffs of colorful, geological layers of rock and sediment lining the shore of Lake Superior. How many waterfalls does the Upper Peninsula have? There are 300+ waterfalls scattered across the U.P., ranging in size from under 5 feet to 48+ feet vertical drops. So, lots of scenic opportunities to see that our state is blessed with. I could write pages...But again, Thank-you! Wishing you & your wife safe & lovely travels!

[@Fatima-et8vt]

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[@robatsea2009]

Gorgeous houses! That particular one at the corner of E. Michigan & Cedar in Marquette last sold in 2022 for $1.1 million. Built in 1882, 6186 square feet on a bit over a half-acre lot, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. It's flat-out beautiful inside.

[@kennethberger5864]

So glad I live in Michigan! “Da Yoop” is such an amazing part of our state.

[@jdwilkins2000]

What a well made and interesting video! I was stationed at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base outside Marquette in 1964-1966, working in the S.A.G.E. computer building (thousands of vacuum tubes in that facility), The downtown area still looks very much the same, it's like time stopped up there. If you can deal with really harsh winters, it would be a great place to retire to.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you!

[@LIVERPOOLandFARBEYONDNEWS]

I have just been a nerd and checked on the price of the house on Harrie Street and on 2 different sites it says $50.000. I'm from Liverpool which is prob about 4 000 miles away but it's cool that I can check straight away how much properties are in your lovely country. I'm jealous every day that I don't or can't live in USA. If I could I would be there in around 11 hours whatever time it takes on a plane. I can never decide on my favourite part of 🇺🇸 cus each time, I see something new to me and also as beautiful as the last boss I have seen on vids from USA

[@FixIt1975]

Turret is the word you were looking for in regard to that 4 story thing on that fancy house. The 2 old cars just before that were Ford Falcons, a convertible and a Falcon Ranchero, that your wife referred to as a "truck thing." 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Off this week from work, trying to catch up on your videos.

[@grantdubridge7995]

In Manistique, when you were looking at the water tower, the bridge right next to it has the road level lower then the water in the channel. At least it used to have when the paper mill was running full tilt in the 70s and 80s. You could reach over the wall and touch the water that was at your shoulder level.

[@stratcat4450]

Nothing like listening to the Yoopers famous song " second week of deer camp" every fall before hunting season!

[@tallboy2234]

Could sure use some of that 55 degree weather here right now! It’s hotter than blazes!!🥵

[@AldousTyler]

So glad you found Newberry! I would have recommended Ontonagon and Grand Marais, Michigan as well - both gorgeous Lake Superior towns.

[@davidmackie2901]

We went to North Manistique lake every year while I was growing up. Always made a trip to "Grandma Ray's" when we were there.

[@Frannieville]

Soo locks!!!!

[@barbarabavier675]

My husband and I retired to Curtis, MI for about 2.5 years for him, 5 years for me. Sadly, he passed in 2019, and I had to move to an easier winter climate in 2021. Curtis is about 30 miles southwest of Newberry, and has a population of 903. My dad’s family had a lot to do with establishing the fishing industry in the eastern part of the UP, from St. Ignace to Manistique and Lake Michigan to Lake Superior. My great-great-grandfather is named on a historical marker in Epoufette. My mom’s family farmed in Skandia, MI, about 15 miles south of Marquette. And it’s pronounced PASS-tee, not pasty.

[@joannadee3565]

I grew up in Wisconsin and we always went to Manistique for summer vacations. Beautiful place!

[@thejerseyj5479]

A must see destination. Sad though to see another old vacant downtown main street. I'm old enough to remember when "downtown" was where we shopped, went to movies and enjoyed other entertainment such as restaurants and bars and just, everything. Thanks for giving a glimpse into the UP, I now have another road trip destination.

[@rileylutz69]

Love my home state and yes it does not get hot in the summer in the UP but pleasantly warm. Michigan has a lot to offer and is a hidden gem

[@pbegich4235]

I'm Croatian by birth and originally from Minnesota and my Mom used to make beef Pasties all the time, so my mouth started watering at the sight of the one you bought! Pasties (pronounced "paaasties" as in nasty, not "paysties") were the favorite lunch food of iron miners as they could wrap them up and carry them in their pocket due to the (purposely) tough crust. It was said that the best pasties could be dropped down a mine shaft or carried in your pocket without affecting them in the least! Love your travelogues! Pete from Prescott

[@steveib724]

That's one tuff meat pie lol

[@rockeerockey6941]

Favorite of loggers

[@janetbassett5657]

I live in Northern California gold country where a lot of Cornish miners worked the mines here. Pasties were/are a local favorite and I grew up eating them. You can still buy them downtown here or sometimes I make my own. BTW, my grandfather was also Croatian---born and raised on Olib, off the coast near Zadar. Such a beautiful island!

[@carriepinski8582]

Widows watch tower is what we call them, the wives would sit up there and watch for her husband's boat to return. There are tunnels from building to building at the university also, so the students don't have to go outside in the winter.

[@yashathebelgianmalinois348]

I’m from northern WI and we’d cross the border into the UP every summer. It’s the only place we could purchase Vernors Soda. I always noticed nearly all homes have sharp pitched roofs. Most likely due due to the amount of heavy snow they get. Wonderful memories of hanging with friends and exploring.

[@Frannieville]

Vernors is pop.

[@michelerosevear7466]

@@Frannieville I noticed that too; it's called pop here--not soda 🤣...I've always wondered if the U.P. is the only place to call it that.

[@Frannieville]

@@michelerosevear7466 here in the lower peninsula we call it pop too. A soda is a drink with pop and a scoop of ice cream.

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

anatomy of a murder 1959 . was very good movie. it actually was a true story. the murder happened in big bay michigan. michigan is a beautiful state. summer and fall are wonderful. winter is a different story. nice that you came to the u.p. we can make you an honorary yooper. i hope you enjoyed your stay.

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

You think it's chilly there in July, the winters are BRUTAL. Still, beautiful country. Somewhere near L'anse is a crumbling cabin (it may have collapsed by now) that was owned by my grandfather. I haven't been there since I was a kid.

[@stephenanderson3056]

You should mention the 200 plus waterfalls in northwestern Upper Michigan. My wife and I try to see as many as we can when we go there in the summer. They are beautiful!

[@FrancesBraam-et1wx]

I've been to Escanaba many years ago, in winter, and it was pretty bleak. But you've given another whole outlook on the UP. I think its so beautiful! For myself, you can have that hot Texas sun. Our grass gets pretty green in summers and the flowers are gorgeous. Those Great Lakes are precious. You'd never know they were lakes, thinking it could be the ocean. Thanks again for another great video on the upper Midwest States!

[@FrancesBraam-et1wx]

@@foresthiker6707 There is nothing more refreshing that cold crisp air. I've been to AZ in September and it was 110 out! Even when the sun went down! Couldn't wait to get back to WI where I could breathe. There is plenty of winter sports to enjoy. Hiking is good exercise. One has to learn to dress appropriately. You can always put clothes on to warm up, but you can't take your skin off in the heat!

[@FrancesBraam-et1wx]

@@foresthiker6707 Sure, some people think winters here are brutal, but the Summer and Fall months really make it worth it. Besides, if you have someone to snuggle in front of a nice fireplace with and a good bottle of wine......Ecstasy!

[@GEN_X_]

Yeah, the upper peninsula is nice for about 2 months out of the year and then winter hits. You don't want to be there in the winter. My family has owned a private cottage in Munising since the 1960's and they get so much snow up there, that they can't leave their house and they have to shovel snow off their roof or it would collapse. @@foresthiker6707

[@peanuttube605]

I used to ride thru Escanaba late at night on the Greyhound bus going home from Mich. Tech U. way up north. Been nearly 40 years since I was last in the U.P.. Thanks for the memories.

[@michaelblazin4093]

The ore dock in the harbor would likely make more sense if the train trestle that connected it to the railroad from the mine was still there. If you had continued driving north alongside Lake Superior from where you did not want to test the water temperature, about 2 miles, you would see a working ore dock. KZbin has multiple videos showing how the ore goes from the railroad cars into the chutes and then into the cargo ships. If you get to Boston, and see the Longyear at Fisher Hill condos in Brookline, you will see architecture very similar to the courthouse in Marquette. The condo development was the Longyear Mansion, originally built in Marquette, and then disassembled, shipped by rail to Brookline, and reassembled in 1903. The mining and timber business made some people very wealthy in the late 19th century. The unique homes that you saw on Bluff Street in Marquette are from that era. The Longyears were major philanthropists to Harvard University.

[@maxluken1909]

Wife is from the UP, we were up there about the same time as you sounds like, maybe a little after for a powwow in Baraga. Love the UP though, I do remember it being in the 50s and 60s out. Love getting to watch you explore the towns we passed through

[@200PercentRad]

I appreciate you checking out the upper peninsula. Though I wouldn't say Newberry is in the center, it was nice to see it get some spotlight. I'd definitely recommend checking out Houghton/Hancock, Copper Harbor, and Grand Marais. There's so much natural beauty here, but I feel like housing has gotten very expensive in the past decade.

[@patriciapritchett5071]

I lived in Escanaba some years ago. I absolutely love the UP. I have studied so much of the history, from the Christmas Tree ship in Thompson to the mining wars of Copper Country. I go back every year.❤❤❤❤❤

[@Silverhaired59]

My dad put the elevators in the two towers of the Mackinac Bridge. That way, light bulb changers and maintenance workers only have to walk DOWN the thick bundles of cables, not up. There is a maintenance rail car under the roadway. We have home movies of the cars driving across the metal mesh lanes from underneath. The winds get strong in the straits at times, so the mesh roads let the wind pass through and not tear down the roadway. In high wind, they close down the mesh lanes so nothing gets caught by the wind and flipped. Even so, a Yugo went over the side of the bridge, killing the driver, when the wind caught the car, which was going as high as 60 mph. You have to slow down in the wind!

[@steveturansky9031]

I remember in the winter of 81/82, I travelled North to around Traverse City for a ski trip to Sugerbush (I think that's the name). Anyway, it was a college ski club trip with 2 busloads. Our kegs froze in the bus cargo area. First of 3 ski days, the temp was -40F with a windchill at the top of the hill of -101F. There were only about 5 skiers braving the conditions that day. The snow squeaked as the skies slide. By the 3rd day, it had warmed up to -5F (about -25 windchill) and dozens of people skied. Having grown up in NE Ohio, I had seen some cold temps but this was by far the coldest I had ever experienced.

[@kristinegilbertson8035]

Sugar loaf ski resort

[@michelerosevear7466]

...and that's not even the U.P.; kids here don't even get a day off from school unless the windchill is -25 F.

[@InvisibleCitizen]

My maternal grandpas lived in the UP in a old log cabin with zero utilities. It was hand built in the 1800’s!

[@profxtreme9275]

To those of us from the southern half of the lower peninsula, the UP is known almost universally as God's country. Northern Michigan for us means the northern half of the lower peninsula, and it is absolutely gorgeous there, a slice of heaven, but the UP is even higher in the heavens. Been a couple years since I was in the UP and it feels far too long... really need to go back and explore more. Can't wait to see the Porcupine Mountains and Copper Harbor.

[@laurie9913]

I was born and raised in the U.P. Lived there until age of 40 then moved to the lower Michigan and I've lived for over 20 yrs. now. All my family who is left still live in the U.P. I was raised in a small town called Dodgeville which is 1 to 2 miles from Houghton.

[@treasuretom13]

I just came back from our gorgeous Upper Peninsula this time a nice trip to Sault Ste. Marie! The scenery, roads and old buildings were awesome as were the folk! I think the preferred spelling is 'Yoopers', nice informative vid! ⛵

[@ericabetts9333]

Love Lake Superior.......She holds my heart

[@liliann8346]

LOOOOOOVE the U.P. Went on childhood trips to my uncle's cottage on Lake Gogebic. Later, my Mum n Da lived in Ironwood. Beautiful, uncrowded, clean, accepting, patriotic. The air is so clean, I'd challenge any visitor to stay awake past 8pm--I couldn't, and really didn't mind. The downfalls? Bitey bugs--mosquitos, of course. No-see-ums. Deer flies--we'd hold out breath underwater, hoping they'd move along. If you're restless or looking for big-time entertainment, it may not be exactly for you. But--affordable, safe, clean, kind. LOVE the U.P.

[@michelerosevear7466]

Deer flies are bad; to me, horse flies are worse and "no-see-ums"... are horrible. I remember having bites all over the back of my neck (long hair) when I was younger! Love the U.P. always...will never leave again.

[@coldwindblowing]

Love so much your channel!! Thank you for existing from Brazil!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@chicobean5318]

Me too.. from Kenya 🇰🇪

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you so much!!

[@yoopermary]

On the stretch between Escanaba and Manistique you crossed the river that Longfellow, in his poem The Song of Hiawatha, called The Mighty Nahma. Nahma is the Ojibwe word for Sturgeon and that's what the river is known as today, the Sturgeon River.I used to take my dogs on the three hour walk to the Sturgeon and back. You passed within a horn honk of my place. Keep up these wonderful videos you produce.

[@Silverhaired59]

You missed a lot by stopping at Marquette. If you had kept going and turned right, you would go up the Keweenaw Peninsula to Copper Country. They mined mostly iron ore down by Marquette, and copper in the Keweenaw. I attended Michigan Technological University there in Houghton in the late 1970s. The twin towns of Houghton and Hancock are on either side of a canal and lake that bisects the peninsula. A lift bridge goes over the canal and can stop traffic for the whole area for a while. There are steep hills going down to the water front on both sides and the Tech ski team has a ski hill on the northern slope, in Ripley. You can tour a copper mine in Ripley, too. The shores of the peninsula are beautiful and somewhat rocky. Copper Harbor, at the tip, is a little touristy. Our Chemistry professor had a rock shop up there. The cafe in Laurium has the best pasties, as mentioned by another commenter, above, and I remember it for ice cream, too. The Memorial Union at MTU has vegetarian pasties that are SOOOO good. I used to get them with beef gravy! Calumet is a city on the Keweenaw that is known for its opera house, pipe organ, and a terrible 1913 tragedy in which 73 people from union families (59 children) were trampled to death when everyone was celebrating Christmas Eve inside a union hall while the miners were on strike. Woody Guthrie wrote a song about it. I guess there is a historical site there today that debates the facts and rumors about what really happened. Sometimes, on a trip, you decide to turn back a little too early, and I think this was one of those times.

[@badguy5554]

I was stationed in the USAF just south of Marquette, Michigan (in the early 1970's). Loved the town. Loved the area. I went back (after 50 years) just last year. The city has expanded a lot since we lived there. I had dinner in an Italian restaurant we used to frequent back then. Same family still owns it. Same very good food. You may want to watch an old classic movie "Anatomy of a Murder" that was filmed there. Otto Preminger was the director, with Jimmy Stewart and George C. Scott as just SOME of the famous actors in the movie.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

Stationed at ol K.I. Sawyer eh?

[@badguy5554]

@@MitchJohnson0110 You bet!

[@garyzink1927]

My deceased supervisor teacher had classmates from Northern Michigan University who were extras in the movie you mentioned. He later owned a place in big bay almost next to the lighthouse. I love the u.p. and miss it. Peace from a troll, Cadillac, mi.

[@badguy5554]

@@garyzink1927 Oh you live "under the bridge"!

[@badguy5554]

@@MitchJohnson0110 Eh!

[@dianneweaver4809]

I'm fortunate enough to live in Manistique (year round). Thank you for your realistic description of our beautiful area.

[@johngibson7001]

Hello Joe! always good to see a new vid in the morning! Good stuff man!

[@ulfricstormcloak5080]

The UP is my happy place. It’s so quite and beautiful

[@tumbleweed57]

On my bucket list! Thanks for the tour!

[@edwardpincus]

The Manistique water tower is unique. It’s not like any structure you’ve shown before in your various travels. Thanks, most intriguing.

[@chassisresearchkid]

You should see the Ypsilanti water tower.

[@janefinley-english1051]

Thank u for going to the UP! My Dad was raised up here & I had never seen it before. Safe travels. ♥️✌🏽

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Cool!

[@SajjadKhan-jn7cw]

beautiful place and beautiful location thanks joe and Nic

[@johnhinant970]

Thanks for taking us along on your travels!

[@deloiscallaway9442]

This Video Was Everything Thanks For Taking Us Along

[@zerog5041]

Hi Joe and Nicole from a cool London where it is a sunny 17C, the last two towns you visited are fantastic from an architectural point of view, that deceptively small house in Munising had an amazing garage hitched onto it. Yes, if it wasn't for the freezing winter conditions I think I could quite easily live there.

[@SteveTheFordGuy985]

Thank you Joe & Nic, for another wonderful video. ❤

[@rhondatanner1157]

Lake Superior is so beautiful.thank you for showing me this and the lighthouses

[@scottnielsen1553]

I thought it odd that Escanaba and Marquette both had theatres named Delft. Saw that they were once a local chain of venues.

[@Jjchg]

This water tank is gorgeous. I’ve never seen one that nice!❤ 15:54

[@kenseger5684]

Architecture in the homes was spectacular. We are packing our suitcase as I am typing. We just keep rewinding looking at those homes. truly breath-taking... thanks for another great video.

[@stevenmiller175]

One of your best videos. I love the incorporation of the maps. Your video was so good I just may have to visit the UP

[@toddfr9781]

I'd be on that beach at 55 degrees.

[@lorencain8926]

It was a very nice video, as I enjoy all yours. Someday I recommend going north and west of Marquette to the Ironwood area and up to Houghton and the Kiwanau peninsula, but in the "summer" you would die there in the winter if you could get through the snow to reach it. Of course, as a Texan you were known as a foreigner, your accent. But you did the unforgivable in the pronunciation of pasty. Yous guys are lucky no local heard that and sicked a mad beaver on yeh. Ya sure eh?

[@doninmichigan]

Especially be aware not to mispronounce it in front of a stocky, ruddy faced, female cook at a pasty shop with an iron skillet in her hand. 😂

[@mistyvalley3853]

Absolutely love your videos....spent all day driving around with you through all those small towns, love small town drive throughs....you make them very interesting...

[@olinwright7628]

This is honestly the first footage im ever seeing of the UP. Thanks!

[@jeffneptune2922]

Thanks for the great scenic journey through the UP of Michigan. That Manistique beach⛱ was knockout gorgeous! A lot of people are surprised when they discover all the photographic beaches and lighthouses that line the Great Lakes in both America and Canada. Not really a tough choice for me, I would take the four seasons in the Northeast or Great Lake region over scorching or steam heat for months at a time. I think Phoenix has been 110 degrees for 26 days and counting.😳

[@peterparr3079]

Great video Joe, looks a nice area to visit.

[@normahodge6791]

Beautiful homes.❤

[@jeremywhitehorn1228]

Excellent trip around a little frequented corner of the world

[@catlover614]

A wonderful video, as always. All beautiful towns, with lots of interesting and historic buildings, and amazing houses. I love old lighthouses, so it was great to see inside, and the beach at Manistique was gorgeous, even though it looked really cold !!! Thanks so much, Joe and Nic, a really enjoyable video.😊💕

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you, CL!!

[@heatherfulmore3412]

The towns are really nice and clean. A young man went to the Upper Peninsula a few years ag to be a missionary.

[@WaskiSquirrel]

This was fun to see. I've been thinking a lot about where to retire to, and Michigan turns out to be amazing in that way. The upper peninsula is rural like my current state of North Dakota. I'm planning to teach for a few more years, so I'm glad to see there are people there. Who knows...you may run into me in UP Michigan in a few years!

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

i like n dakota. michigan has much more water and trees. marquette is the best town is you need health care in your old age.

[@robbieg416]

This was cool. Thanks for this tour.

[@jeanieirwin4747]

Love the UP of Michigan and there are many quaint little towns there. But the winters are severe. We found many nice little airports that were easily accessed and flew there often to weekend during the summers.

[@robinsullivan3141]

You missed Mackinac Island!!!!! Next trip!!!! Loved the video 🎉

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Yes, we will be doing the eastern half of the UP in a future video. :)

[@slaybomb96]

My other paternal great grandfather was born up Calumet, Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula. My dad has told me stories of how my great grandfather would deliver groceries on snow shoes. When the mining dried up they moved down to Detroit where the auto jobs where booming in the early 1900s. He was Swedish and English and there are a lot of Swedes/Norweigians in the northern part of the midwest so you are right about people who like the cold wanting to stay there. My parents and I went and stayed in Munising in 2017 and we visited Marquette and did the pictured rocks tours as well very amazing natural scenary. I definitly reccamend a tour if you go back there.

[@user-lz7su6ex4l]

Calumet was the first town in mich with paved streets it was during the copper boom

[@slaybomb96]

@@user-lz7su6ex4l I'm pretty sure Woodward was the first paved road in the country

[@ahlkazar7227]

Portland Street in Calumet was paved in 1906 and it is still paved with the same concrete. The first one mile section of Woodward was paved in 1909.

[@slaybomb96]

@@ahlkazar7227 Woodward was the first paved road there's a difference. Portland street was the first concrete road in Michigan but not the first "paved road".

[@ahlkazar7227]

@@slaybomb96 what are you saying is the difference?

[@staceyl618]

Wow! Everything is so clean, well kept, and beautiful!

[@lizowens3180]

Great videos! So interesting and good commentary! Thanks! Glad you enjoy doing this for viewers!