Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Abandoned Dioramas of the Old Grand Rapids Public Museum
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.
Clare, Michigan
The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.
Grayling, Michigan
This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.
Dearborn, Michigan
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Dearborn, Michigan
Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.
Williamsburg, Michigan
Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.
Indian River, Michigan
One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Newberry, Michigan
Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Okemos, Michigan
The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
East Lansing, Michigan
Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.
East Lansing, Michigan
The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.