This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

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

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

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A local prank turned town icon.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."