But one of the biggest opportunities to boost a home’s appeal may be hidden in plain sight: the garage door. “The garage door ...

We first fell for this downtown Petoskey loft when we featured it in Northern Home & Cottage: exposed brick, original maple floors, soaring ceilings and big windows overlooking Little Traverse Bay, ...

Nine days, 29 stops: Traverse City Beer Week 2026 is here, so think of this as your cheat sheet. Traverse City Beer Week returns November 6–14, bringing a different beer theme to each day, along with ...

Trade daylight for starlight on these Northern Michigan trails, where dark sky preserves, quiet forests and celestial spectacles create an after-hours adventure. Up North adventure doesn’t stop at ...

Along M-22, beach days tend to blur into smoked fish lunches, roadside cherry stops, sunset wine pours and sandwiches unwrapped on the hood of the car. From Onekama to Leland, Northport to Traverse ...

Buzzy openings, big names, sold-out menus. Join us on a delicious romp through what’s new on the North’s dining scene. A recent announcement by Detroit’s acclaimed Sarah Welch: the now former ...

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 ...

The only prehistoric rock drawings in Michigan, located in the Upper Peninsula between Manistique and Escanaba, are fading into oblivion from neglect and vandalization. Can they be saved? As long ago ...

One very ambitious day of croissants, tacos, tuna and ice cream. I came to Petoskey with an empty stomach and a full day ahead of me. My mission: hit four stops, eat the things worth ordering and see ...