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

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

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

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

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

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

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

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

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.