The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

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

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

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

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

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

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.