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This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

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

This museum explores the history and development of dentistry and dental technology in Michigan.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

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

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

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

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.