Detroit, Michigan
John K. King Used & Rare Books
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
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Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Zanesville, Ohio
A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.
Charleston, South Carolina
The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.
Rochester, Michigan
This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.
Peninsula, Ohio
Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.
Mansfield, Ohio
Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.
Akron, Ohio
A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.
Kings Mills, Ohio
An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.
Cleveland, Ohio
Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Zoar, Ohio
Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Seville, Ohio
In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.
Cadillac, Michigan
This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.
Garden, Michigan
This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.
Muskegon, Michigan
The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.
Petoskey, Michigan
Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.