Shingleton, Michigan
Chapel Rock
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.
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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.
Munising, Michigan
This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.
Walloon Lake, Michigan
The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.
Brookfield, Illinois
It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
Chicago, Illinois
A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.
Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Chicago, Illinois
A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.
Berwyn, Illinois
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Rudolph, Wisconsin
Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.
Iola, Wisconsin
This rural park in central Wisconsin honors one of the world’s most prominent numismatists.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Woodruff, Wisconsin
In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Mountain, Wisconsin
Once part of an extensive network of fire towers, this is one of the few remaining in this Wisconsin forest.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
One extremely determined man's homemade universe.