Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

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

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

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

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

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

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

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

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

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.