On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

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

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

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

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

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

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

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.