The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

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

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

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

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

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

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

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

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

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

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