Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

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

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

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

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

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

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

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

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.