The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

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

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

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.

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

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

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

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

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.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.