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

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

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

World's largest Christmas store.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

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

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

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

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

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

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

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

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

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

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.