The beaches at Grand Marais are excellent hunting grounds for the ancient Lake Superior agate, a semi-precious stone made up of concentric circles of microcrystaline quartz reddened by iron. Here’s ...

Lake Superior agates often feature a brownish-red exterior that may be pitted and slightly translucent. They’re easiest to ...

Hunting for Lake Superior Agate has been a bucket list item of mine for a LONG time. Michigan's Great Lakes are full of incredible treasures, and in my opinion the Lake Superior Agate is one of the ...

Hunting for Lake Superior agates along the St. Croix River. Eric Benson has been hunting for Lake Superior agates along the St. Croix River for the past seven years. The avid angler searches for the ...

Yooperlites are rocks that fluoresce under UV light. The best time to search for Yooperlites is after a storm, when waves may have unearthed new rocks along the shores of Lake Superior. Rock hunters ...

Lake Superior is the largest of Michigan’s Great Lakes and sits atop the beautiful Upper Peninsula. It’s a big deal for Michigan’s fishing, tourist, and commercial water industries, and offers plenty ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — On a cold, blustery day in April, Bel and I headed to the North Shore to meet up with a rock star named Taylor, or as he’s known on social media, “Agate Dad.” Taylor is famous in ...