Dave Benjamin, who is the co-founder and executive director of Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, has shown that since 2010, there's been 1,311 drownings in the Great Lakes. Just so you know, that's roughly 93 on average every year, many of which happen in Lake Michigan.
Just off Michigan Avenue near Albion lies the abandoned Bates...er, Star Lite Motel, opened in 1952, closed in the 2010s. Take a look in and around the grounds...
Withstanding controversy and complaints, it stood for less than a year before it was dismantled. Here's some info and a few photos, with some showing the inside of the statue...