Michigan may be known for camping and fishing destinations extraordinaire, but sculpture and fine arts destinations are high on the tourism radar as well. It all began with Alexander Calder, and now Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park has taken the trend further.
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Michigan's population may be waning, but there's no question that the state has become a sleeper destination for tourists who are passionate about trout fishing, sailing, camping, Big Ten football, theater or the fine arts. George W. Bush, who always has a way with words, might call Michigan the most "misunderestimated" destination in the land.
Indeed, with 3,200 miles of beaches, arguably the world's best Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts and thousands of inviting lakes, it's no wonder that Michigan's tourism Web site is now the most visited in the land.
When I moved back to my home state five years ago, I thought I'd seen it all. Greenfield Village, Taquemenon Falls, Pictured Rocks -- been there, photographed that. Then I read that one of my favorites, The Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, was ranked number 13 on a list of the world's must-see museums compiled by Patricia Schultz, author of "1,000 Places to See Before You Die."
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