Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

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

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.