Places ajsue Wants to Go

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

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

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

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The smallest useable chapel in Michigan is five-by-eight feet and has seating for three.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.