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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lansing

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lansing, Michigan

Updated January 10, 2020

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Biggest Lug Nut In The World

Lansing, Michigan

World's Largest Lug Nut

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.
Rotary Steam Clock in Wentworth Park.

Lansing, Michigan

Lansing's Rotary Steam Clock

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.
“The Queen City,” an 1858 steam pumper fire engine.

Lansing, Michigan

The Queen City

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.
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The 15th of Beal’s 20 seed bottles

East Lansing, Michigan

Dr. Beal's Seed Viability Experiment

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.
3 miles from Lansing
The pond at the center of the gardens with labeled wetland plants.

East Lansing, Michigan

W. J. Beal Botanical Garden

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.
3 miles from Lansing
The collection of moist towelettes

East Lansing, Michigan

Moist Towelette Museum

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.
4 miles from Lansing
No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House.

Okemos, Michigan

No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
6 miles from Lansing
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Stories About Lansing

At the Abrams Planetarium in Michigan, the black light gallery is still going strong.

When Trippy Black-Light Murals Brought the Cosmos Down to Earth

The paintings once dazzled and enlightened mid-century planetarium-goers.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
January 10, 2020

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