A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

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

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.