He runs his own boutique operation, Mount Bohemia, 450 miles north of Chicago in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Snow also socked other parts of the northern U.S., with as much as 2 feet forecast in parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Late-winter snow also socked other parts of the northern U.S., which as much as 2 feet forecast in parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Just ask the folks that I met up in Marquette, Michigan -- I was talking to Rick Snyder about this -- up in the Upper Peninsula.

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For those unaware of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, the Soo is one of the largest cities in the UP and it provides a vital link to Canada.

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They're led by a point guard named Trey Burke, who froze the Jayhawks in the close of regulation with a three-point shot he launched from somewhere in the Upper Peninsula.

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Phoenix House is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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This is debatable, but what is not is that the pasty followed miners from Cornwall to mines around the world, from Australia to Mexico to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where pasties remain popular today.

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