Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

Beyond the town of Paradise is this fascinating museum, where the intriguing displays include items trawled up from sunken ships. Dozens of vessels – including the Edmund Fitzgerald that Gordon Lightfoot crooned about – have sunk in the area's congested sea lanes and storm-tossed weather, earning it such nicknames as the "Shipwreck Coast" and "Graveyard of the Great Lakes." The grounds also include a lighthouse President Lincoln commissioned (admission $5) and a bird observatory that 300 species fly by.