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Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

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

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

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

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

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

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

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

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

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

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

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

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

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