Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan Oct 17, 2025

Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Nestled within Michigan"s Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Rock River Falls emerges amid a landscape shaped by glaciers, dense woods, and layers of history. In the Upper Peninsula, humans have left their traces for millennia: Indigenous Algonquian-speaking peoples were followed by French and British explorers, and waves of Finnish, Swedish, and French-Canadian immigrants settled there during the 19th-century mining and logging booms. Today, this sparsely populated region hosts barely 3% of Michigan"s residents, cradling its forests and waterfalls in near-natural serenity.

© Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 17, 2018Let’s talk fossils
Oct 17, 2019Red-leaf hunting in Japan
Oct 17, 2020Fog above the forest
Oct 17, 2021A walk among the giants
Oct 17, 2022Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
Oct 17, 2023Spreadsheet Day
Oct 17, 2024Frost-covered dunes on Mars

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Nov 6, 2018A truly American monument
Apr 14, 2025National Dolphin Day
Aug 30, 2018Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
Oct 28, 2022Frankenstein Friday
Mar 17, 2022St. Patrick s Day
Dec 8, 2023La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
May 21, 2018Is that a face in the sand?
Feb 27, 2018A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Mar 31, 2021Paradise, found
Jan 24, 2019Lights, camera, Sundance
May 4, 2020It s Star Wars Day
Jan 14, 2020Going head-to-head with winter
Dec 8, 2025Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
Nov 5, 2018Ludwig’s palace
Dec 1, 2022Antarctica Day
Jan 11, 2023Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
Jan 11, 2020Who s wearing such cute hats?
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Oct 6, 2018A bite of ancient history
Mar 10, 2025National Napping Day
Jun 3, 2024World Bicycle Day
Jan 30, 2021Even nature needs a backup plan…
Sep 3, 2025Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
Jan 16, 2022Hot and Spicy Food Day
Apr 17, 2018The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
Mar 5, 2020The desert blooms
Sep 16, 2020It s Independence Day in Mexico
Feb 21, 2026Red fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Nov 17, 2023National Take a Hike Day