Places posturethecat Wants to Go

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

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

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

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

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

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

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

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

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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