This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

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

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

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

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.