Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?

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

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

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

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

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

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

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

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

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

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.