With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

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.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

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

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

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

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

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

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

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