Places rbowptown Wants to Go

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

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

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

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

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

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

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

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

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

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

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

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

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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