Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.

This state-of-the-art planetarium takes architectural inspiration from the sun itself.

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

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

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

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

World's largest pet casket company brings in up to $5 million per year in revenue.

This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

This vacant station is a relic of harvest processing techniques of the mid-20th century.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

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

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

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

This museum explores the history and development of dentistry and dental technology in Michigan.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

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