Plaques in Michigan

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.