Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

World's largest Christmas store.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

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

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

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

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

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.