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

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

On the grounds of this study, Lew Wallace composed "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" and many other works.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

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

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

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

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.