It's been called “Detroit’s largest art object.”

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

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

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

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.