Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

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

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

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

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

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

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

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

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

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