Inside Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Finnish Community)

Aug 09, 2025 507.8K Views 2.2K Comments

Jutting into Lake Superior at the far northern tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a world apart. Once the heart of America’s copper boom, it’s now a wild land of forests, old towns, deer camps, and rugged people—surrounded on three sides by the largest freshwater lake on Earth. Today, we’ll explore its history, meet the Finnish locals who call this remote corner home, and see what life’s really like at the edge of Michigan.

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