The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

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

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

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

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

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

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

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

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

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

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

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.