A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

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

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

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

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

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

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

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

World's largest Christmas store.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

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

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

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

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques