An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

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

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

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

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

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