Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

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

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

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

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.