The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

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

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

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

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

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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.