Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Abandoned Dioramas of the Old Grand Rapids Public Museum
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Berlin, Germany
You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.
Berlin, Germany
This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Chicago, Illinois
These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
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
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Kalkaska, Michigan
Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.
Le Roy, New York
The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.
Rochester, New York
The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.
East Rochester, New York
Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.
Rochester, New York
The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.
Rochester, New York
One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.
Rochester, New York
An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.
Rochester, New York
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.