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

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

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

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

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

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

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

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

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

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

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

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

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

In this quiet park a rendition of a classic painting graces the outside of a charming restroom.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

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