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

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.

An easy-to-reach, century-old shipwreck in shallow and crystal clear waters.

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

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

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

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

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

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

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

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

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

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.

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

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.