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White Lake, Michigan

Haven Hill

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.
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Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse City State Hospital

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
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Traverse City, Michigan

Botanical Garden Visitor's Center Gift Shop Tunnel

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.
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Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse Colantha Walker's Grave

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.
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Suttons Bay, Michigan

The Archduke of Austria's Michigan Grave

Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?
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Leland, Michigan

Leland's Historic Fishtown

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

Old Indian Trail

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

Shrine of the Pines

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

World’s Largest Brown Trout Sculpture

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

Idlewild

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

The Tridge

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
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Midland, Michigan

Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.
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Cedar, Michigan

Holy Rosary Catholic Church

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.
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Empire, Michigan

Manning Memorial Lighthouse

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.
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Austin, Texas

C-Boy's Heart & Soul

This Austin music venue is an homage to a legendary figure in the local blues scene.
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Pula, Croatia

Kažnjavanje Dirke (The Punishment of Dirce)

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.
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Naples, Florida

Clam Pass Beach

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.
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Estero, Florida

Koreshan State Historic Site

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
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Punta Gorda, Florida

Radioactive Fountain of Youth

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
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Safety Harbor, Florida

Whimzeyland

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
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St. Petersburg, Florida

Sunken Gardens

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
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Baia, Italy

The Sunken City of Baia

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
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Improvement District No. 9, Alberta

Lake Minnewanka Underwater Ghost Town

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
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Maple City, Michigan

The Rising Sun Shipwreck

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