This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

A unique collection of artistic rides

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.