One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

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

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

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

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

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

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

World's largest Christmas store.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.