Places rbowptown Wants to Go

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

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

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

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

This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

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

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

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

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

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

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.