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Most of what's on the menu here comes from Michigan.

Onekama, Michigan

The Glenwood

Savor Great Lakes produce, fish, and spirits at this local favorite in a century-old warehouse.

Rock up to the Floyd Country Store on a Friday night for live music.

Floyd, Virginia

Floyd Country Store

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

The catfish arrives perfectly seasoned.

Asheville, North Carolina

Good Hot Fish

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

Grumpy Cat's headstone.

Sun City, Arizona

Grumpy Cat’s Grave

The final resting place for an internet icon.

Haymarket Martyrs Monument.

Forest Park, Illinois

Haymarket Martyrs Monument

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Many of the trees in this old-growth forest are centuries old.

Robbinsville, North Carolina

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

Golden State Model Railroad Museum

Richmond, California

Golden State Model Railroad Museum

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

Big Bovine of the Desert

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

Stalactites.

San Bernardino County, California

Mitchell Caverns

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Dinah the Pink Dinosaur

Vernal, Utah

Dinah the Pink Dinosaur

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

Shyla Sheppard

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

The Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club

Chicago, Illinois

The Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

Championship Vinyl in "High Fidelity"

Chicago, Illinois

Championship Vinyl in "High Fidelity"

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Bomarzo Monster

Bomarzo, Italy

The Monsters of Bomarzo

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Hall of Mosses

Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Sliding Rock

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

Sliding Rock

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage

Flagstaff, Arizona

Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

Tri-State Peak

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Tri-State Peak

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Ptarmigan Tunnel

West Glacier, Montana

Ptarmigan Tunnel

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

Ping Tom Memorial Park

Chicago, Illinois

Ping Tom Memorial Park

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

Jamaica Pond Bench

Boston, Massachusetts

Jamaica Pond Bench

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Isa Lake

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Isa Lake

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This ones for the lovers... of cats.

Baku, Azerbaijan

'Monument to Lovers and Cats'

Look up as you explore Baku’s old town to find a monument to the local feline population.

Charlie the Coal Miner

Shinnston, West Virginia

Charlie the Coal Miner

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.

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