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William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

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

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

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

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

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

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

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

World's largest Christmas store.

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.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.