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

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

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

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.

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

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Gas station bathrooms adorned with one of the world’s most infamous typefaces, with quotes ranging from lewd to profound.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.