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

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

Michigan's first reclaimed art sculpture lounges along the Upper Peninsula's Manistique River.

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

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

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

Savor Great Lakes produce, fish, and spirits at this local favorite in a century-old warehouse.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.