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

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

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

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

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

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

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

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

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

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

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

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

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.