Much deeper than a flippant social media debate over where 'up north' begins in Michigan, the state sits on the divide of two cultural regions, the Great Lakes and Northwoods.
Beyond Michigan's traditional Tri-Cities (Saginaw-Bay City-Midland) and Twin Cities (Benton Harbor-St Joe) just how many other paired cities could there be in the state?
Mount Arvon in northern Michigan's Huron Mountains has always been considered the highest point in the state. Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming.