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

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

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

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.