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

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

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

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

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

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

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

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

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

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

A tragedy and memorial that raised awareness about the dangers of unsealed mineshafts.

World's largest pet casket company brings in up to $5 million per year in revenue.

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

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

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

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

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

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

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