Places jen487 Wants to Go

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

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

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

World's largest Christmas store.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.