An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

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

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

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

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

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

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

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

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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

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

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.