The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

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

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

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

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

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

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

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

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

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

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

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

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

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

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