Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

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

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

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

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.