I used to live in Duluth, 3-4 hours west, and have explored the Keeweenaw Peninsula. I love the UP. I spent a week exploring this area... took some photos of a tiny 4 headstone cemetery in the woods by an old copper mine. Most of the UP is quite desolate, and this area, even more so since it’s not on the way to anywhere.

Like everywhere up there, it would be paradise if not for the extreme winter. Houghton, just south of there at the base of the peninsula, has a tech university campus and is fairly populated.

‘“There used to be nothing but whorehouses here,” said the wiry 29-year-old, pointing into the woods, recounting family memories.”’

Family memories?

The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness nearby is another place I’d suggest exploring.