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Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Charming bookshop for true-crime fans and horror aficionados, plus other books and odds and ends.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.

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

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

Giant trolls run this farm!

One of the few authentic Japanese gardens in the state of Indiana and perhaps the most peaceful place in the city of Mishawaka.

This former mill tunnel was blasted under the ridge to divert a portion of the Muscatatuck River.

At the turn of the century, a chair like rock sat at the top of the falls and hosted the winner of a local beauty contest.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

In the hills of southern Indiana is the idyllic studio and museum of legendary artist T.C. Steele.

This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.