Michigan Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball Michigan places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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Allegan: Allegan County Old Jail Museum
Allen Park: Oil Tank Painted Like Baseball, then Basketball
Allen Park: World's Largest Tire
Almont: Big Steer
Alpena: Paul Bunyan Made Of Car Parts
Alpena: Stainless Steel Eagle Head
Ann Arbor: Sine Wave Field
Armada: Big Apples, Dead Rebs
Atlanta: Shoe Tree
Atwood: Wayside Chapel
Baldwin: Shrine of the Pines
Bangor: Muffler Man - Viking
Bath: Site of Worst School Massacre
Battle Creek: Adventist Village, Kellogg Rejuvenators
Battle Creek: Fetuses in Jars - Kingman Museum
Bay City: World's Largest Toilet Seat?
Bay Port: "Fish Sandwich" weekend
Bear Lake: Yellow Dinosaurs
Beaverton: Giant Metal Dragon
Benton Harbor: House of David Amusement Park - Eden Springs
Benton Harbor: Skellville - Skeleton Scenes
Bessemer: Large Ski Bum Statue
Bete Gris: Singing Sands Beach
Bridgeport: Junction Valley Railroad - Miniature Trains
Calumet: The Snow Stick
Caseville: Giant Cow
Caspian: Smiley Face Water Tower
Cedar Lake: Two-Story Outhouse
Charlevoix (south of): Tiny Church
Charlevoix: World's Former Largest Cherry Pie Pan
Chassell: Giant Bear Trap - A Tourist Trap
Cheboygan: Man Killer Clam!
Chesterfield: Muffler Man - Greg E. Normous
Christmas: Town of Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Signs
Clare: Cops And Doughnuts
Clayton: Outhouse Race
Coloma: Deer Forest
Colon: Magic Capital of the World, Magicians Buried Here
Comins: Shoe Tree
Concord: Twist on standard Mail Pouch Sign
Copper Harbor: Delaware Copper Mine Tours
Cross Village: Legs Inn - Upside-down Stove Legs
Croswell: Swinging Bridge
Crystal Falls: Humongous Fungus
Daggett: Naughty Cow Statue
Dearborn: Automotive Hall of Fame
Dearborn: Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Dearborn: Statue of Dearborn's Jaunty Racist Mayor
Dearborn: The Henry Ford, America's Greatest History Attraction
Delaware: Delaware Copper Mine - Including Ghost
Detroit: Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Detroit: Giant Cow Head
Detroit: Heidelberg Project
Detroit: Lake Shaped Like Michigan
Detroit: Lawndale Market - The People's Polaroids
Detroit: Parking Garage with Beautiful Ceiling
Detroit: World's Largest Stove
Dexter: Strange Sculpture - Procession to Hell
Diamond Island: Black Squirrels
Dundee: World's Largest Bronze Wildlife Sculpture - Cabela's
Durand: Circus Train Wreck Memorial
East Lansing: "Sparty" the Spartan - World's Largest Free-Standing Ceramic Figure
East Lansing: Magic Johnson statue
Edwardsburg: Home of the Lunkquarium
Elk Rapids: Big Swan Statue
Elsie: Elsie the Cow - Bull
Farmington Hills: Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum - Cardiff Giant
Fennville: Betty the Stuffed Sleigh Dog
Flint: Crossroads Village - Huckleberry Railroad Train Robberies
Flint: Muffler Man - Happy Halfwit
Flint: Weather Ball
Flushing: Smiley Face Water Tower
Frankenmuth: Bavarian Chicken Rivalry
Frankenmuth: Bavarian-Themed Christmas Town
Frankenmuth: Frankenmuth Cheese Haus Mouse
Freemont: Abortion Memorial
Fruitport: Smiley Face Water Tower
Gaylord: Call of the Wild Museum
Gaylord: Halfway Marker - 45th Parallel
Gaylord: Huge Bottle of Beer
Gay: Gay Bar
Gladstone: Pet Casket Factory Tours
Gladstone: State Birds - Robin and Mosquito
Gladwin: Petting Farm with Goat Ramp
Grand Haven: Musical Fountain
Grand Marais: Gitche Gumee Agate and History Museum
Grand Marais: Pickle Barrel House
Grand Rapids: 100-Foot-Long Loch Ness Monster
Grand Rapids: Abstract Monument to Fluoridation
Grand Rapids: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids: Giant Apple
Grand Rapids: Leonardo da Vinci's Big Horse
Grand Rapids: Snowhenge
Grand Rapids: Statue: President Ford As A Boy Scout
Grand Rapids: The 13 Weather Ball
Grosse Ile: Wonder Well
Hamtramck: 30-ft tall Neon Kielbasa
Hamtramck: Hamtramck Disneyland - Folk Art
Hancock: Quincy Mine Steam Hoist
Harbor Springs: Junk Robin
Hell: Town of Hell
Holland: Dutch-themed Town
Holland: Michigan-Shaped Swimming Pool
Indian River: Cross in the Woods and Nun Doll Museum
Ironwood: Hiawatha, World's Tallest and Largest Indian
Ironwood: Smiley Face Water Tower
Ishpeming: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap
Ishpeming: Indian Old Ish
Ishpeming: U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
Jackson: Mr. Chicken the Plastic-Legged Rooster
Jackson: The Jackson Cascades
Jackson: Tour Prison Tunnels, Cells, Loft Apts.
Jones: Manufactured Western Ghost Town
Kalamazoo: Air Zoo

Kalamazoo: Controversial Sculpture of Whites vs Indians
Kalamazoo: The Committee (Face Full of Crotch)
Kaleva: Bottle House
Kaleva: Grasshopper Sculpture
Kalkaska: Giant Trout Fountain
Kalkaska: Shoe Tree
Kearsarge: U.S.S. Kearsarge - Ship of Stones
Kewadin: Monument to the Dean of Michigan's Tourism Activity
L'Anse: Bishop Baraga - Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest
Lachine: Scarecrow Village/Kids Tiny Town
Lake Odessa: Fiberglass Animals
Lake Odessa: Tiny Church
Lansing: R.E. Olds Transportation Museum
Lapeer?: Biblical character putt-putt golf - Vague Recollections
Lennon: Lawn Ornament Capital of America
Leslie: Cream-of-Wheat Man's Grave Marker
Linwood: Big Cow at Cheese Shop
Malcolm: Gravity Hill - Church Magnet
Mancelona: Good Shepherd Scenic Gardens
Manistee: Robert Wadlow's Shoe, Statue
Manistique: Paul Bunyan Statue
Maple Ridge Township: Mystery Falls Sinkhole
Marquette: Giant Bass Photo Op
Marquette: Lakenenland - Junkyard Art
Marquette: Three Large Cows
Marshall: American Museum of Magic
Mason: Giant Santa Statue - A Seasonal Attraction
McBain: Tiny Church
Menominee: Boy with the Leaky Boot
Menominee: Half Way North - 45th Parallel Marker
Midland: John Pratt Mosaic House
Midland: The Tridge - 3-Way Bridge
Millington: Smiley Face Water Tower
Montague: World's Largest Weather Vane
Moran Township: Weird Michigan Wax Museum
Muskegon: Singing Christmas Tree
Muskegon: Slave Stealer with Branded Hand
Muskegon: WWII Submarine Silversides
New Buffalo: Chinese Dragon Statue
Newaygo: Fish Heads in the Park
Newberry: Oswald's Bear Ranch
Niles: Two-Headed Lamb
Norway - Iron Mountain: Giant Iron Miner
Nunica: Front Lawn Stonehenge
Okemos: Travelers Club International Restaurant & Tuba Museum
Olivet: Tiny Church Prayer Chapel
Onaway: Butterfly and Flowers Metal Statue
Onaway: George Washington Metal Head
Onsted: Irish Hills Blarney Stone - Vague Recollections
Onsted: Mystery Hill
Oscoda: Lumbermen's Monument
Oscoda: Paul Bunyan Statue
Ossineke: Dinosaur Gardens Prehistoric Zoo
Ossineke: Paul Bunyan and Babe Statues
Ottawa Lake: Uncle Sam Statue
Owosso: Locomotive Heard in The Polar Express
Owosso: Shoe Tree
Paradise: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Paradise: Town Named Paradise
Paris: 20-Ft. Tall Eiffel Tower and 8-Ft. Tall Indian
Perry: King Kone Ice Cream-shaped Building
Petoskey: Archangel Grotto
Petoskey: Artesian Springs - Bring Your Own Cup
Petoskey: Skin Diver's Church
Pinconning: Big Cheese Mice
Plymouth: Plymouth Ice sculpture spectacular
Plymouth: Robert Wadlow Shoe - World's Tallest Man
Plymouth: United Memorial Gardens
Portland: New Era Potato Chip Silo
Potterville: Chemical Train Wreck Memorial
Potterville: Gizzard City
Rapid River: Missile
Redford: Silvio's Italian-American Artistic Historical Museum
Reed City: Actual Living Room Furnishings of Famous Composer
Rochester Hills: Skanderbeg Statue - Athlete of Christ
Rockford: Dinerland: Rosie's Diner, Food Mini Golf
Rogers City: World's Largest Limestone Quarry
Salem: Shoe Tree
Saugatuck: Human-Powered Chain Ferry
Sault Ste. Marie: Antlers Restaurant
Sawyer: Town of Fighter Jets
Shelby: Shelby Gem Stone Factory - Synthetic Gem Show
Somerset: WHL McCourtie Estate: Concrete Wood Art
St. Helen: Shoe Tree
St. Ignace: Deer Ranch
St. Ignace: Frontier Fort-style Cabins
St. Ignace: Indian Village
St. Ignace: Mystery Spot
St. Ignace: Paul Bunyan and Babe - Castle Rock
St. Louis: Mini Mackinac Bridge
Strongs: Shoe Tree
Tawas City: Cartoon Alien Statue
Tawas City: Giant Arrow
Tawas City: Second Tallest Flag Pole East of the Mississippi River
Tecumseh: Steel Dino Sculptures
Traverse City (NW of): Indian Wishing Stone
Traverse City: 45th Parallel Marker
Traverse City: World Champion Cow of the Insane
Traverse City: World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan
Trenary: Outhouse Races
Troy: Polar Bear Memorial to Russian-Fightin' Doughboys
Utica: Packard Proving Grounds
Utica: Topiary Train Engine
Vulcan: Iron Mountain Iron Mine Tour
Wallace: Larger than Life Buck
Waterford: Hollywood Sign Replica
Watersmeet: Paulding Lights
Wells: Smiley Face Water Tower
West Branch: Giant Sitting Lumberjack
West Branch: Smiley Face Water Tower
Ypsilanti: Alfred E. Neuman Muffler Man
Ypsilanti: Big Milker in Ypsi

Gone But Not Forgotten

Closed and extinct places to remember, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...

Battle Creek: Cereal City USA - Closed
Belleville: Aviation Museum
Byron Center: Glowing Grave - The Mercury Effect
Caro: Witch Museum - Closed
East Lansing: World's Largest Hairball - Storage
Ewen: World's Largest Replica Load of Logs - Gone
Flint: Auto World
Grand Beach: World's Largest Fake Nose and Glasses
Harrison: Spikehorn's - Live Bears - Gone
Holland: Michigan's Largest Picnic Table

Irish Hills: Prehistoric Forest - Closed
Irish Hills: Stagecoach Stop USA - Gone
Jackson: Michigan Space Center
Mackinaw City: Mackinac Bridge Museum
Munising: Bigfoot Recovery Project
Onsted: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan
Pinconning: Deer Acres Amusement Park
Tawas City: Indian Monument - Gone

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