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

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

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

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

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

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

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

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

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

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

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

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.