Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

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

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

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

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.