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This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This museum features the original car used on the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

An easy-to-reach, century-old shipwreck in shallow and crystal clear waters.

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

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.