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These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

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

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

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

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

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

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.