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Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.

The oldest headstone in Connecticut.

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

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

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

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

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

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

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

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

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

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

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

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

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

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

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

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

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

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

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.