Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

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

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

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

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

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

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

A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

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

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.