A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

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

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

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

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

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

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.