This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

It's been called “Detroit’s largest art object.”

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

World's largest Christmas store.

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.