This is one really big nut.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

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

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

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

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

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