The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

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

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

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

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

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

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

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.