A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

Check out the Heidelberg printing presses in the workshop of an artist known for documenting the natural world on greeting cards.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

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

Swing by this brightly painted former cannery on the water for a crash-course in local boating history.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

Stop by this fifth-generation fish market and smokehouse for the catch of the day.

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

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

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

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

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

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

Line up for ample portions of freshly caught whitefish, walleye, and perch from the Great Lakes.