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Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

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

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

World's largest Christmas store.

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

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

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

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

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

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

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

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

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

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

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

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

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.