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

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

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.

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

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

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

World's largest Christmas store.

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

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

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

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

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

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

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

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.