The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

One of the camera company's former manufacturing buildings is now a museum dedicated to its history.

A small welcome symbol for visitors to Ann Arbor.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

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

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

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

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

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