In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.

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

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

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

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

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

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

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

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

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