Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

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

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

This subterranean treasure trove is said to contain a motorcycle, a Chevy, and a teal leisure suit.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.