Places French Peasant Wants to Go

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

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

World's largest Christmas store.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

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

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.