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

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

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

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

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

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

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

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.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.