The acclaimed Keweenaw Time Traveler (KeTT) is getting a major upgrade. On June 1, the online interactive historical atlas will add 600,000 records across 14 million data variables, an exponential ...

Michigan Tech’s Department of Social Sciences, Geospatial Research Facility and University Archives have been recognized by Michigan’s State Historic Preservation Office for their significant ...

COPPER HARBOR, Mich. - The distinguished gentleman was standing a few yards south of what remains the largest mine hoist ever built, the steam-powered hoist at the shuttered Quincy Mine. The hoist, ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI – This historic 1800s lighthouse still lights the way for ships navigating around the rocky shoreline of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Built in 1871, Eagle Harbor Lighthouse ...

HOUGHTON, MI - Last summer’s inaugural season for Keweenaw Boat Tours was a lot busier than expected. Families, couples and friend groups were happy to hop aboard and explore the picturesque curve of ...

Calumet, Mich., on the Keweenaw Peninsula, was once a burgeoning metropolis of 66,000 people, humming with activity and brimming with money, courtesy of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines. The city, ...

Aerial drone image of Hunters Point barrier island on Lake Superior that creates the harbor at Copper Harbor, Michigan. Photo by Aaron Peterson When you pull into Calumet, located on Michigan’s ...

COPPER HARBOR, Mich. -- The distinguished gentleman was standing a few yards south of what remains the largest mine hoist ever built, the steam-powered hoist at the shuttered Quincy Mine. The hoist, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. After stomping through deep snow under brilliant sunshine, a dark hole in a tall ridge loomed ahead.

In the 1870s, the Upper Peninsula town of Fayette had 500 residents, an iron smelting operation and dozens of buildings. Today, 19 remain, preserved within the 711-acre confines of Fayette Historic ...

Some of the abandoned towns are no more than outlines of foundations or a few headstones. A few, like Fayette, are preserved as historical sites. Michigan's lush environment made it difficult for ...