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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

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

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

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.