An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

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

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

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

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

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

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

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

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district