Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

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

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

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.

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.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

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

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

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

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

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