Because reality can be such a drag sometimes, you have the great state of Michigan and so many places that could have easily been taken straight from your dreams.

We’re talking about the destinations that are super surreal, that you would assume are fantastical. Well, they are…and they are also places you can visit anytime whenever you want to escape reality.

  1. Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills

ellenm1/Flickr Straight from a storybook, huh?

  1. Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids

ellenm1/Flickr Or maybe Alice in Wonderland?

  1. Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Mackinaw City

Kenneth Slade/Flickr Like a dream world.

  1. Kitch-iti-kipi, Manistique

All Things Michigan/Flickr That can’t be real… Can it?

  1. Lost Lake

jimflix!/Flickr More like lost in a fantasy land.

  1. Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville

Andrew Nicolle/Flickr A wooded space filled with art that tells the story of Michigan….yeah, total fairy tale.

  1. Pictured Rocks

Jodi Grove/Flickr Looks more like a tropical paradise than the Midwest.

  1. Shipwreck Cove

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory/Flickr What are we, in Peter Pan?

  1. Sleeping Bear Dunes

Joey Lax-Salinas/Flickr This can’t be a lakeside beach.

Pretty sweet, huh? Tell us, where are some of your favorite out of this world places in Michigan?

ellenm1/Flickr

Straight from a storybook, huh?

Or maybe Alice in Wonderland?

Kenneth Slade/Flickr

Like a dream world.

All Things Michigan/Flickr

That can’t be real… Can it?

jimflix!/Flickr

More like lost in a fantasy land.

Andrew Nicolle/Flickr

A wooded space filled with art that tells the story of Michigan….yeah, total fairy tale.

Jodi Grove/Flickr

Looks more like a tropical paradise than the Midwest.

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory/Flickr

What are we, in Peter Pan?

Joey Lax-Salinas/Flickr

This can’t be a lakeside beach.

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