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

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

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

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

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

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

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

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

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

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

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.