Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

One of the camera company's former manufacturing buildings is now a museum dedicated to its history.

Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.

This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.