Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

Stop by this fifth-generation fish market and smokehouse for the catch of the day.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

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

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.