There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

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

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

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

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

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

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

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

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

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

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.