Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

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

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

This replica of Michigan's mighty Mackinac Bridge is more than 200 times smaller than its northern counterpart.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.