Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

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

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

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

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

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

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.