This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

A tragedy and memorial that raised awareness about the dangers of unsealed mineshafts.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.