Okemos, Michigan
No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House
The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
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Okemos, Michigan
The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
Dearborn, Michigan
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Traverse City, Michigan
For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.
Baldwin, Michigan
This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.
Detroit, Michigan
The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.
Traverse City, Michigan
Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Traverse City, Michigan
Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
Detroit, Michigan
A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.
Port Huron, Michigan
Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.
Mears, Michigan
An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.
Newberry, Michigan
Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Elmira, Michigan
This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.
Grayling, Michigan
This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.