In 2017, Chicagoans James Gray and Jacob Hagan bought a 19th-century house on 12 acres in Colon, Mich., about 30 miles southeast of Kalamazoo. It was supposed to be a weekend oasis away from their ...

While there are plenty of places around the globe that are widely considered magical -- such as the best magic towns in Mexico or America's Real-Life Hogwarts-- there's a village in St. Joseph County, ...