Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I made it up to Michigan! This is my first of what I hope is quite a few videos while I'm up here visiting family. Of course ...

Lake Ontario, one of the region's five Great Lakes, is the only one that doesn't border Michigan. Here's what to know.

"These are regions where the types of rock below the land surface ... limestone and other carbonate rock." Beneath Lake Michigan is limestone, explaining how they were created.

It's kind of like a tango ... sinkholes form when water dissolves rock, causing the surface layer to collapse and form a hole. Lake Michigan sits on a layer of limestone bedrock.

There are roughly five classes of Yooperlites: The rocks can be found in different areas throughout Michigan, but are most likely to be found in the Upper Peninsula along Lake Superior ...