Five restored historic road bridges in a park along the Kalamazoo River.

Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.

World's largest Christmas store.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

Tucked into the heart of historic Irvington, this 56-year-old metaphysical shop specializes in the olde ways.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

Step inside one of America’s rare poteaux-en-terre French houses.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

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

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

A World War II–era submarine museum where visitors can spend the night aboard.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

A museum and gift shop in a small Illinois town commemorates the work of E.C. Segar and the local figures on whom he based his characters.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.