Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

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

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

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

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.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.