Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.