Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

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

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

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

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

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

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

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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

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

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

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

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.