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Doug Gerlach

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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Gilmore Car Museum

Hickory Corners, Michigan

Gilmore Car Museum

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

Grave of Will Keith Kellogg

Battle Creek, Michigan

Graves of the Kellogg Brothers

The final resting place of the visionary founders of Kelloggs, a global leader in breakfast cereals.

The optician's office.

Hickory Corners, Michigan

Midwest Miniatures Museum

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Nixon's tape recorder

Grand Rapids, Michigan

White House Taping System

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

Light falling in through the blue colored glass windows on one of the floors.

Detroit, Michigan

Fisher Body Plant 21

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

An assortment of Ford Model Ts at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant.

Detroit, Michigan

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Murals in the Market

Detroit, Michigan

Murals in the Market

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

The Dequindre Cut Greenway

Detroit, Michigan

The Dequindre Cut Greenway

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

The original Air Force One.

Dayton, Ohio

SAM 26000

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

The Mark 39 bomb.

Riverside, Ohio

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

"Stumpy" John Silver.

Dayton, Ohio

"Stumpy" John Silver

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

The Avrocar

Dayton, Ohio

The Avrocar

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

Johnny Morehouse and his faithful dog.

Dayton, Ohio

Grave of Johnny Morehouse

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

The Thinker, Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

The Thinker

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

Jungle Jim's International Market

Fairfield, Ohio

Jungle Jim's International Market

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

Original Wright Brothers Homestead

Dayton, Ohio

Original Wright Brothers Homestead

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.

Wright Company Factory in 2014.

Dayton, Ohio

Wright Company Factory

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

Gen. John Sevier Statute.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Gen. John Sevier Statue

The statue mysteriously lost its head and left hand.

The Choo Choo sign at night

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Hatch Show Print at dusk

Nashville, Tennessee

Hatch Show Print

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

A bronze statue of Little Debbie.

Collegedale, Tennessee

Little Debbie Park

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

Entrance to the Coca-Cola vault.

Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Junkman's Daughter

Atlanta, Georgia

Junkman's Daughter

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Bethlehem.

Calhoun, Georgia

Rock Garden Calhoun

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

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