Places JessyCaye Wants to Go

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

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

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

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

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

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

World's largest Christmas store.

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

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

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

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.