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

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

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

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

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

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

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

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

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

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.

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

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

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

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?