The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

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

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

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

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

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

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

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

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

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

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.