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

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

In this quiet park a rendition of a classic painting graces the outside of a charming restroom.

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

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

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

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

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

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

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

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

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

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

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.