The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.