A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

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

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

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

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

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

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

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

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

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

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

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

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.