This state-of-the-art planetarium takes architectural inspiration from the sun itself.

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

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

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

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

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

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

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

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

The smallest useable chapel in Michigan is five-by-eight feet and has seating for three.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

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

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

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

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

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

This vacant station is a relic of harvest processing techniques of the mid-20th century.

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

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