This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

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

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

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

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

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

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

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

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

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

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

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