Ironwood, Michigan
Copper Peak Ski Jump
The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.
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Ironwood, Michigan
The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.
Copper Harbor, Michigan
The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.
Houghton, Michigan
The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.
Marquette, Michigan
As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Shingleton, Michigan
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.
Paradise, Michigan
These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.
Ottawa, Ontario
A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.
Ottawa, Ontario
The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.
Ottawa, Ontario
The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.
Ottawa, Ontario
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.
Montreal, Québec
This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.
Montreal, Québec
Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.