This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

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

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

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

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.