Places French Peasant Wants to Go

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

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

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

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

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

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