Places Nox Wants to Go

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

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

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

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

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

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

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

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

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

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

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.