Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

The smallest useable chapel in Michigan is five-by-eight feet and has seating for three.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

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

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

This 19th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

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

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

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

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

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

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

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

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

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

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.