Places braylincarlson Wants to Go

One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.

One of only two remaining steel dams in the United States

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.

Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.

Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

Soaring mural splashed across 70-year-old silos in Michigan.

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

This historic mill has been turning apples into delicious fresh cider for over a century.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.

A small mountain made entirely of banded iron stone overlooking downtown Ishpeming.

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

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

These statues pay homage to the "green corridor" of parks and wetlands.