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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

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

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

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

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

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.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.