Lakenenland is a free, open-air sculpture park about 15 miles east of Marquette, where ironworker Tom Lakenen has installed more than a hundred whimsical welded-metal figures along a wooded loop trail. The work ranges from satirical political pieces to dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and tributes to local working people.
You drive a one-way road through the property at slow speed, with frequent pull-outs to walk among the sculptures. It's open 24 hours a day, every day of the year — Lakenen lights the trail in winter — and there is no charge. Allow an hour, longer if you want to read every plaque.