The town of Hancock, MI has a very strong Finnish Heritage.
We found a little information about it on Hancock's website, if you would like to see it, here: http://www.cityofhancock.com/cityinfo.html
Hancock has an official "sister city" relationship with a town in Finland, called Porvoo. Melissa doesn't know much about it, and had a hard time finding much information (beyond the fact that the relationship exists).
There's a small park on the waterfront called "Porvoo Park" in honor of this sister city relationship. It overlooks the city of Houghton, across the Portage Canal, and gives a good place to take a photo of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
You can't see much due to the snow, but in the summer there's a boardwalk along the water, lots of picnic tables, and there's a set of condos to the right.
To the left is the bridge:
This is a pretty unique bridge. It opens to let water traffic through by lifting up the middle part. There are lots of videos about bridges that talk about this unique design. Melissa said she watched one while she was in high school and the people pronounced the name "Houghton" wrong, for Houghton, MI. 
There's a little information about it, if you're interested, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge
Melissa loves giving us these "history lessons" about the area. More coming soon. Hope you like it!
