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

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

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.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

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

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.