A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

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

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

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

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

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

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

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

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

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.