Holland, Michigan
Windmill Island Gardens
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
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Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Traverse City, Michigan
Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Cedar, Michigan
A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.
Traverse City, Michigan
This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.
Traverse City, Michigan
Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Traverse City, Michigan
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
Mexico City, Mexico
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Providenciales and West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.
Providenciales and West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.
Leeward Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands
Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.
Negril, Jamaica
You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
Negril, Jamaica
Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.