Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ypsilanti Water Tower
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Detroit, Michigan
The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Port Austin, Michigan
Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.
Cheboygan, Michigan
This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.
Cleveland, Ohio
This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."
Cleveland, Ohio
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
Leeds, Alabama
This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.
Detroit, Michigan
A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Where most of the world's flypaper was made.
Rockford, Michigan
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
Detroit, Michigan
One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.
Cadillac, Michigan
A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.
Shelby, Michigan
A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.
Florence, Oregon
Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.
Chitina, Alaska
At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Palmer, Alaska
This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.