Brimley, Michigan
Bay Mills Old Indian Burial Ground
This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.
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Brimley, Michigan
This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.
Paradise, Michigan
These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.
St Ignace, Michigan
This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Cedar Lake, Michigan
There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.
Clare, Michigan
The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.
Kalkaska, Michigan
This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.
Pere Cheney, Michigan
All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Peru, Indiana
The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.
Hillsboro, Indiana
Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.
Mentone, Indiana
A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."
Michigan City, Indiana
A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.
Elkhart, Indiana
The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."
Chesterton, Indiana
The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.
Springfield, Illinois
The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Lincoln, Illinois
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Springfield, Illinois
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
Wilmington, Illinois
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Lincoln, Illinois
Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.