Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

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

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

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

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.

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

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.