The Restless Viking

This article was originally published on July 1, 2021 on The Restless Viking website. We venture out to Washington Island, just off the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. Washington Island is settled by many […]

This article was originally published on July 12, 2022 on The Restless Viking website. My heart beat quickened as I walked along the wooden dock at South Haven’s Michigan Maritime Museum. There before me was […]

This article was originally published on November 25, 2021 on The Restless Viking website. Michigan is the only state with two points where the survey of the state was started.  Why? Most history references only give part […]

This article was originally published on July 20, 2020 on The Restless Viking website. As we hiked around the Keweenaw peninsula in upper Michigan we came across copper mining ruins. How did they mine copper? […]

This article was originally published on January 14, 2021 on The Restless Viking website. In October 2020 I took a scenic drive from Cheboygan to Lowell and came upon this exhibit on M-33 between Fairview […]

This article was originally published on October 28, 2021 on The Restless Viking website. I head out on a micro adventure. The median of an interchange of two major freeways, on a river, under the […]

This article was originally published on January 11, 2022 on The Restless Viking website. Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona holds well preserved mysteries of ancient life. Hopi ancestors, the Ancestral Puebloans, lived in cliff dwellings […]

This article was originally published on June 28, 2022 on The Restless Viking website. I had heard about The Jam Pot bakery, located in the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan, when I watched an episode of […]

This article was originally published on September 20, 2022 on The Restless Viking website. DaViking, my husband, Chuck, and I found this spot two years ago. This brass ring embedded on 8th Avenue in Manitowoc, […]

This article was originally published on July 6, 2021 on The Restless Viking website. Have you ever been greeted by a friendly dog when you’ve entered a bar? Well, a kind, energetic golden lab-mix wagged […]