This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

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

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

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

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

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

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.