Places hopemch Wants to Go

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

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

Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

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

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

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

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.