One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

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

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

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

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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

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

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A science teacher's dream.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.