The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

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

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

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

World's largest Christmas store.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

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

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

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

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