Finnish identity still strong in the Upper Peninsula

For U.P. natives, the threads of Finnish culture run strong in everyday life, which can be surprising even when you’re from Finland.

Excerpt: John Niska ran naked through the forest and jumped into Lake Superior.

It was cool summer day, and he’d just gotten out of his backyard sauna, which sits at the edge of the fern-dappled woods around his cabin.

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Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald