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

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

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

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.