Michigan
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Lakenenland: Junk Art Park
Marquette, Michigan
Ironworker Tom Lakenen filled his 37-acre park with over 100 home-made sculptures.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, Michigan
254-acre mega-attraction of cars, trains, whole buildings, JFK's death car, Lincoln's death chair, Edison's last breath.
Da Yoopers Tourist Trap
Ishpeming, Michigan
Cultural center for beer guzzling, flatulent, hapless hunting Yoopers.
Silvio's Italian American Historical Artistic Museum
Redford, Michigan
Silvio Luigi Barile built a mind-boggling sculptural tribute to Italians, Americans, and Italian-Americans.
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Farmington Hills, Michigan
An uber-arcade and curiosity museum, packed to bursting with fun time-wasters, including P.T. Barnum's fake version of the already-fake Cardiff Giant.
Pet Casket Factory Tours
Gladstone, Michigan
View the manufacture of pet caskets and tour a model pet cemetery. Popular with school groups.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The center of all things Ford, exhibiting the pen he used to pardon Nixon, and the .45 Colt pistol used by "Squeaky" Fromme to try to kill him.
Giant Crucifix and Nun Doll Museum
Indian River, Michigan
At 55 feet high, the 21-ton crucifix stands taller than the surrounding trees. An accompanying free museum displays 525 nun dolls.
Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian
Ironwood, Michigan
The biggest of all big Indians -- 52 feet tall -- guards the land route into Michigan's upper peninsula.
Bishop Baraga - Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest
L'Anse, Michigan
Beloved Bishop Baraga celebrated with huge statue.
Giant Metal Heads and World's Largest Steering Wheel
Onaway, Michigan
Outdoor sculpture park showcases the impressive metal artwork of Tom Moran, including several giant heads and the World's Largest Steering Wheel.
Dinosaur Gardens Prehistoric Zoo
Ossineke, Michigan
Classic dinosaur park with some unique twists. Don't miss Jesus -- he's inside the brontosaurus.
World's Largest Tire
Allen Park, Michigan
World's Fair retread that stands 80-ft. tall. Your head could get stuck in a tread.
The Kellogg Rejuvenators
Battle Creek, Michigan
Dr. Kellogg's health contraptions in Adventist exhibit. Get your feet vibrated.
Mighty Fist of Joe Louis
Detroit, Michigan
Sparring with the World Heavyweight Champion, were you? And this is all you remember before the lights went out...
Giant Cow Head
Detroit, Michigan
The head is almost as big as the abandoned ice cream stand on which it's perched.
The Heidelberg Project
Detroit, Michigan
Tyree Guyton's neighborhood was a bunch of derelict houses. Now they're works of art!
The Spirit of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
Every big city needs at least one big, mythical statue. In Detroit it's The Spirit of Detroit, 16 feet tall. He's green and holds God in one hand.
Waiting - Detroit's Eeriest Artwork?
Detroit, Michigan
17 feet tall jet black sculpture depicts an X-eyed parent and child with bulbous cartoon bodies.
Betty the Stuffed Sleigh Dog
Fennville, Michigan
The late Betty the dog has been Crane's Pie Pantry's mascot for a very long time.
Hamtramck Disneyland - Dmytro Szylak Folk Art
Hamtramck, Michigan
Retired auto worker Dmytro Szylak's eye-boggling yard art mass spins in the wind and lights up at night.
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- Allen Park: World's Largest Tire
- Alpena: Kaiser Paul: Bunyan Made of Car Parts
- Ann Arbor: See No Evil [tips]
- Bangor: Muffler Man - Viking [tips]
- Battle Creek: The Kellogg Rejuvenators
- Benton Harbor: Skellville: Skeleton Scenes [tips]
- Brighton: Dine With Jesus
- Brooklyn: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan [tips]
- Cassopolis: Casey Jones: Private Muffler Man [tips]
- Charlevoix: World's Former Largest Cherry Pie Pan
- China Township: Golf Giant
- Copper Harbor: Delaware Copper Mine Tours [tips]
- Cross Village: Legs Inn - Upside-down Stove Legs [tips]
- Dearborn: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
- Detroit: Mighty Fist of Joe Louis
- Detroit: Giant Cow Head
- Detroit: The Heidelberg Project
- Detroit: The Spirit of Detroit
- Detroit: Waiting - Detroit's Eeriest Artwork?
- Farmington Hills: Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
- Fennville: Betty the Stuffed Sleigh Dog
- Fenton: Town-Naming Poker Game in Bronze
- Frankenmuth: Bavarian-Themed Christmas Town [tips]
- Frankenmuth: Klaus the Cheese Haus Mouse [tips]
- Gaylord: Call of the Wild Museum [tips]
- Gladstone: Pet Casket Factory Tours
- Glen Arbor: Olympic Size Cherry Spitting Pit [tips]
- Grand Marais: Pickle Barrel House [tips]
- Grand Rapids: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
- Greenland: Adventure Mine [tips]
- Hamtramck: Hamtramck Disneyland - Dmytro Szylak Folk Art
- Hell: Town of Hell [tips]
- Hickory Corners: Gilmore Car Museum: Drive a Model T
- Indian River: Giant Crucifix and Nun Doll Museum
- Iron Mountain: Pine Mountain Ski Jump [tips]
- Ironwood: Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian
- Ishpeming: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap
- Ishpeming: U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
- Jackson: The Jackson Cascades
- Kalamazoo: Air Zoo [tips]
- Kalamazoo: Einstein Tosses a Frisbee
- Kaleva: Giant St. Urho Grasshopper
- L'Anse: Bishop Baraga - Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest
- Lansing: R.E. Olds Transportation Museum [tips]
- Lansing: Gearhead
- Lewiston: Coopers Ville USA [tips]
- Mackinac Island: The Haunted Theater [tips]
- Mackinaw City: Giant Hot Dog [tips]
- Manistee: Robert Wadlow's Shoe, Statue [tips]
- Manistique: Pull-it-Yourself Raft [tips]
- Marquette: Lakenenland: Junk Art Park
- Marshall: American Museum of Magic
- Mohawk: Delaware Copper Mine - Including Ghost [tips]
- Montague: World's Largest Weather Vane [tips]
- Muskegon: WWII Submarine Silversides [tips]
- Muskegon: America's Tallest Singing Christmas Tree [tips]
- Muskegon: Snurfer Monument - Birthplace of Snowboarding [tips]
- Muskegon: Grave of the Branded Hand [tips]
- New Baltimore: Muffler Man - Greg E. Normous Statue [tips]
- Newaygo: Fish Heads in the Park [tips]
- Newberry: Oswald's Bear Ranch [tips]
- Nunica: Front Lawn Stonehenge
- Onaway: Giant Washington Head and Aircraft Carrier
- Onaway: Giant Metal Heads and World's Largest Steering Wheel
- Onaway: 32-Foot-Long Steel Sturgeon
- Onsted: Mystery Hill [tips]
- Onsted: Ike's Train Car of Terror
- Oscoda: Paul Bunyan Statue [tips]
- Ossineke: 1940s Paul Bunyan and Babe
- Ossineke: Dinosaur Gardens Prehistoric Zoo
- Ottawa Lake: World's Tallest Uncle Sam [tips]
- Paradise: Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum [tips]
- Paris: 20-Foot-Tall Eiffel Tower and 8-Foot-Tall Indian
- Plymouth: United Memorial Gardens
- Pontiac: Chief Pontiac: Muffler Man - Coming Soon [tips]
- Port Austin: Barn Boat [tips]
- Posen: Mystery Valley [tips]
- Redford: Silvio's Italian American Historical Artistic Museum
- Saugatuck: Human-Powered Chain Ferry [tips]
- Sawyer: Town of Fighter Jets [tips]
- St. Ignace: Mystery Spot [tips]
- St. Ignace: Paul Bunyan and Babe - Castle Rock
- St. Louis: Mini Mackinac Bridge [tips]
- Traverse City: World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan
- Vulcan: Iron Mountain Iron Mine Tour [tips]