Ishpeming, Michigan
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum
Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.
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Ishpeming, Michigan
Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.
Grand Marais, Michigan
This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Cross Village, Michigan
Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.
Indian River, Michigan
One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Detroit, Michigan
A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
This museum explores the history and development of dentistry and dental technology in Michigan.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.
Newberry, Michigan
Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.
Manistique, Michigan
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Marquette, Michigan
As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.