An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

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

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

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

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

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

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

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.