The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.