The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

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

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

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

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

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

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