The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

Home to a collection of artifacts and specimens from one of the world's preeminent geologists

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

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

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.