Scald heavy cream and chicken stock. Whisk in grits, moving continuously for 6–7 minutes or until creamy in texture. Add salt and pepper to taste and Asiago cheese. Brown 1 tablespoon of butter and ...

From sunsets to snowy landscapes, these are MyNorth & Traverse Northern Michigan’s most-loved Instagram posts of 2025—and ...

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

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 ...

Michigan rock hunting is a passion unlike anywhere on Earth, because we have the best darn beaches anywhere on Earth. Here is just about everything you need to get started, from where to look to what ...

The vision, drive and sheer passion of Julie Clark has built TART (Traverse Area Recreational Trails), a nonprofit that has us recreating on non-motorized trails from Traverse City to Sleeping Bear ...

Comb Leland’s beaches for pieces of colorful lake-tumbled slag, locally and affectionately known as Leland Blue stones. Dive in to learn how they were created, the best times to rock hunt and Michigan ...

Up on Bear Mountain, a design-and-build team digs deep into their respective skill sets to create a Northern Michigan homeowner’s vision. Sometimes it takes a near-catastrophe to help us reorient to ...

On a three-day trip through Northern Michigan, Sarah Bence was on a mission to discover the region’s best lavender farms. She shows us seven stunning stops. Fields of undulating purple stretch before ...

Battling booming summers, big-box competitors, melting ice bridges and his own vow to leave the family biz, Andrew Doud finds his purpose by breathing new life into the quaint family market at the ...

Hello, November! We’ve rounded up the local events you should know about this month. This is a MyNorth.com exclusive. Want more? View our print subscription and digital subscription options.

At the height of fall color, take a spin down Michigan’s most famously twisty and leafy two-lane—M119. (Even better: Make it a weekend.) It’s chilly enough for my husband to add wood to the stove well ...