Houghton, Michigan
Dee Stadium
The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.
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Houghton, Michigan
The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.
Cadillac, Michigan
This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Traverse City, Michigan
Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.
Colon, Michigan
A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.
Indian River, Michigan
One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.
Baldwin, Michigan
This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.
Ishpeming, Michigan
A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.
Wyoming, Michigan
These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.
Leland, Michigan
The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Battle Creek, Michigan
The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Grafton, West Virginia
A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.
Whitesville, West Virginia
A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.
Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.