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

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

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

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

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

This 19th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

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

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

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

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

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

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

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

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

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

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