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Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

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

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

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

Michigan's first reclaimed art sculpture lounges along the Upper Peninsula's Manistique River.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

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

Check out the Heidelberg printing presses in the workshop of an artist known for documenting the natural world on greeting cards.

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

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

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

A World War II–era submarine museum where visitors can spend the night aboard.

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.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.