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

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

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.