This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

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

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

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

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

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

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

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

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

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.