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Keweenaw Peninsula

  • A view of the abandoned Winona Mine Stamp Mill in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. September 19, 1929. (credit: Michigan Technological University Archives)
    Ghost Towns Lost and Found
    Maxwell Howard
    David Exelby was scrolling through Reddit when he came across a mysterious post. This guy had stumbled on a ghost town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The problem was no one could find it. David and producer Max Howard go looking.
  • Laura Neese pets members of her sled dog team before the kick-off of the CopperDog 150 in Calumet, MI. Laura became fascinated with sled dogs when she was 9-years-old. (credit: Michael Livingston / Points North)
    Ruff Racing
    Michael Livingston
    Laura Neese says she was practically raised in a dog kennel. What began as a homeschool project, is now a lifelong obsession, as she competes in some of the biggest dog sledding races in North America.
  • Laura Neese pets members of her sled dog team before the kick-off of the CopperDog 150 in Calumet, MI. Laura became fascinated with sled dogs when she was 9-years-old. (credit: Michael Livingston / Points North)
    Ruff Racing
    Laura Neese says she was practically raised in a dog kennel. What began as a homeschool project, is now a lifelong obsession, as she competes in some of the biggest dog sledding races in North America.
  • Lake Superior waves crash in Eagle Harbor, Michigan during a storm in October 2022. It was in this area where Keweenaw County Deputy pulled off a dramatic rescue of a 68 year old man, caught in a storm. (Dan Wanschura / IPR)
    One More Pass
    Daniel Wanschura
    Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm. When people in the water get caught off-guard, rescuers have to make critical decisions, and ultimately gamble with their own lives.
  • Lake Superior waves crash in Eagle Harbor, Michigan during a storm in October 2022. It was in this area where Keweenaw County Deputy pulled off a dramatic rescue of a 68 year old man, caught in a storm. (Dan Wanschura / IPR)
    One More Pass
    Daniel Wanschura
    Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm.When people in the water get caught off-guard, rescuers have to make critical decisions, and ultimately gamble with their own lives.