This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

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

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

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

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

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

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

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

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

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

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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