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

The smallest useable chapel in Michigan is five-by-eight feet and has seating for three.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

A World War II–era submarine museum where visitors can spend the night aboard.

This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

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

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

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

Michigan's first reclaimed art sculpture lounges along the Upper Peninsula's Manistique River.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

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

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

A small mountain made entirely of banded iron stone overlooking downtown Ishpeming.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

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

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

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

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