No Michigan road trip would be complete without checking out some of the large, weird, quirky, historic, and unique roadside attractions we have in our state. This has been one of our favorite subjects to tackle at Travel the Mitten and we have enjoyed bringing attention to close to 100 of these stop-the-car-worthy spots. This landing page will help keep everything organized and in one place, with links to a full post about each attraction under the photo. These Michigan Roadside Attractions are presented in the order we published them, and we will continue to add to the list as we find new ones.
Pickle Barrel House, Grand Marais
Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest, L’Anse
Christmas Tree Ship Roadside Park, Thompson
Grant Wooden Water Tower, Grant
Hiawatha – “World’s Largest Indian,” Ironwood
Chief Wahbememe Memorial, White Pigeon
Thomas Edison Statue, Port Huron
Michigan’s First Roadside Park, Iron County
National Trout Memorial Fountain, Kalkaska
Ardis Furnace Ruins, Iron Mountain
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, Ossineke
Eagle Steel Sculpture at Besser Museum, Alpena
Lakenenland Junkyard Art Sculpture Park, Marquette County
USS Kearsarge Stone Ship, Calumet
Santa’s Workshop and Christmas Village, Christmas
Paul Bunyan made from Kaiser auto parts, Alpena
Float Copper and Alexander Aggasiz statue, Calumet
Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow Indian Wood Carving by Peter Wolf Toth, Wakefield
Powderhorn Mountain Skier Statue, Bessemer
Wienerlicious and America’s Largest Hot Dog Statue, Mackinaw City
45th Parallel Markers, Various Locations
Big John and the Iron Mountain Iron Mine, Vulcan
World’s Largest Cherry Pie Pan, Charlevoix
World’s Largest Cherry Pie Pan, Traverse City
Paul Bunyan Statue, Manistique
Bishop Frederic Baraga Statue, Grand Rapids
Buster Keaton Statue, Muskegon
Da Yoopers Tourist Trap, Ishpeming
Wheels of History Museum, Brimley
Frying Pan Island Light, Sault Ste. Marie
World’s Largest Weathervane, Montague
James Scott Memorial Fountain, Belle Isle (Detroit)
Hugh J. Gray Monument, Kewadin
Jacques Marquette Statue, Marquette
George Armstrong Custer Statue, Monroe
World’s Largest Limestone Quarry, Rogers City
“Old Ish” Indian Statue, Ishpeming
World’s Largest Bronze Wildlife Sculpture, Dundee
KI Sawyer Fighter Jets, Sawyer
La Grande Vitesse, Grand Rapids
Douglass Houghton Memorial, Eagle River
Ernest Hemingway Statue, Petoskey
Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum, Ishpeming
St. Anthony’s Rock, St. Ignace
Wilson’ Cheese Mouse, Pinconning
World’s Largest Brown Trout Sculpture, Baldwin
Clinton F. Woolsey Airport, Leelanau Peninsula
Fish Heads Sculptures, Newaygo
Brooks Memorial Fountain, Marshall
Bellevue Gothic Mill, Bellevue
Francis Metallic Surfboat, Douglas
