The world's only known button museum.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.

In this quiet park a rendition of a classic painting graces the outside of a charming restroom.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

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

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.