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

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

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

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

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

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

World's largest Christmas store.

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

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

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

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.