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These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

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

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

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

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

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

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective.