Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

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

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

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

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

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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