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

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

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

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

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

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

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

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

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

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

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

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.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

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

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

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

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

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

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

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

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.