The Ruins: Echoes of Copper and Childhood in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula

Tucked deep in the rugged beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lies a haunting relic of the past—an old copper mine building, now a canvas of graffiti and shattered glass. This forgotten structure, located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, once pulsed with the energy of industry. Today, it stands as a monument to both history and imagination, immortalized in a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled “The Ruins” by photographer Phil Stagg.