The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

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

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

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

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

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

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

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

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.