Places clpartin Wants to Go

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

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

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

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

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

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

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.