John Carlisle

@detroitplair Thanks!

@_johncarlisle really enjoyed this! felt like I was right there in the shop with y'all. kudos!

I got one of the best pound cakes I ever ate from a beauty salon in Highland Park. Story in the Detroit Free Press: bit.ly/42tj7Im

When you have a whole northern Michigan restaurant to yourself on a Saturday night before tourist season.

Residents breathed a sigh of relief as the water level at the dam dropped from its peak. But now, workers along the river have to keep it that way. 📷 by John Carlisle @_johncarlisle,@freep

Seven years ago, my car died somewhere in the Upper Peninsula. The mechanic dropped me off at the only motel around, an old place with a restaurant run by an elderly lady, where I spent two unplanned days transported to 1962. Some chain has since taken over. Another thing lost.

@KalKatDaddy7 Yeah, I screwed up. I was in both places on the same day.

As much as I love Iron Mt, this is a building in Escanaba

@JesusTheRam March is merely mid-winter in the Upper Peninsula.

@_johncarlisle March 12th isn't Spring but it is too late to be This dead of wintery...

Iron Mountain, Michigan.

@BillJ42392 Or at least trying to fix it

@BillJ42392 Ugh, you are correct sir. I was moving fast that day. Fixed.

@BillJ42392 ?

@DominoRxxx Jim's Dairy Kreme.

@_johncarlisle Jean Kay’s Pasty Shop??

Off-grid Yooper runs hidden hot dog stand in the woods: bit.ly/4smH92L

Iron Mountain, Michigan.

For 75 years, Iron Mountain has had a deer pen as a public attraction. Last week, city leaders voted to close it down and kill those deer: bit.ly/4rq1fsP

Lake Michigan shoreline, US 2, Upper Peninsula.

Obscure Upper Peninsula museum chronicles a lost world: bit.ly/3ZjpYTh

Upper Peninsula teen buys restaurant, becomes its only employee: bit.ly/4pnYjv0

A farm couple's stuffed animals become the objects of fierce devotion from strangers: bit.ly/3Klxh95

Long-abandoned Detroit house becomes secret brunch spot: bit.ly/47PiCe4