A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

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

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

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

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

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

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

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

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.