Chef Dan Compton’s cooking is unfussy, deeply seasonal and full of soul. His grandmother’s chinaware leaves the kitchen ...

How to get (and keep) the very best berries of the season—and our favorite strawberry recipes. I know we’re sitting snug in the cherry capital here in Traverse City, but it’s … ...

When two squeaky-clean college students, Brad and his fiancée Janet, find their car broken down outside a mysterious mansion, their night takes a wildly unexpected turn. Old Town Playhouse will ...

Dine has years of ghost-hunting experience and family roots tracing back to Traverse City’s logging days and a Kentucky witch ...

There's nothing that'll warm you up better than classic American comfort food and spicy Mexican cuisine. At Frederic Inn, we've been serving plenty of both for over 35 years. Family owned for two ...

Filmmaker Aaron Peterson, Down Wind Sports owner Bill Thompson and the unofficial mayor of the Upper Peninsula, Bugsy Sailor, ...

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

View of Downtown Traverse City.

When a family with a love of food and hospitality reimagined the vacant land adjacent a corporate office, an unusual little farm named NanBop was born. The resounding question: can you grow a legacy ...

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 ...

A monastery on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula delivers delightful jam. On a windswept coast of the Upper Peninsula, a small band of devoted monks is carving out a life that balances work and worship.

The widest range of restaurants in Traverse City can be found downtown. Whether you are looking to spend the afternoon in town and grab lunch or you’re preparing to make a reservation for a night out, ...