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

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

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

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

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

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

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

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

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

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

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

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

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.