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The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

This museum explores the history and development of dentistry and dental technology in Michigan.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

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

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

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

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

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

Line up for ample portions of freshly caught whitefish, walleye, and perch from the Great Lakes.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.