The Keg O Nails tavern is the third to stand at the same location—the first two were destroyed by fires—but it has a cozy, old-timey feel.

One of those Art Deco skyscrapers, the Guardian Building, was completed in early 1929 as headquarters for a banking group, and was known as Detroit’s “Cathedral of Finance.”

With charm, fish boils and a mysterious lavender labyrinth, Cherry Point Farm & Market in Shelby is far more than just a place to pick up a quart of cherries.

The Grand Haven Musical Fountain mesmerizes audiences every summer evening with free, synchronized water and light shows set to a variety of tunes.

In 1984, Dean Oswald and his wife Jewel established Oswald’s Bear Ranch as a private sanctuary for orphaned cubs and injured bears.

The Polish Art Center’s two shops are packed with imported foods, linens, folk art, amber jewelry, books, apparel and hand-painted Boleslawiec Stoneware.

Since 1898, the Parsons family has farmed the land and tapped the maple trees at Harwood Lake, about 12 miles south of Charlevoix, for “liquid gold.”

A guided tour of the Motown Museum offers a glimpse into the humble beginnings of the success story, including Gordy’s upper flat, where the dining table served as the label’s shipping department.

In 1989, Julie and David Sprenger rescued this 45-room Victorian mansion and restored it as the Laurium Manor Inn, where guests sleep in the Hoatson family bedrooms and breakfast in the dining room with its elephant hide-covered walls.