Traverse City, Michigan
World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin
An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.
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Traverse City, Michigan
An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.
Cheboygan, Michigan
This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.
Sarnia, Ontario
Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.
Cass City, Michigan
Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Detroit, Michigan
Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Toledo, Ohio
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Detroit, Michigan
Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Dearborn, Michigan
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Port Austin, Michigan
Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.
Toronto, Ontario
The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.