On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

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.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

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.

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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

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

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

World's largest Christmas store.

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

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

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