Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

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

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

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.