Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

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

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

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

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

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

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.