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

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

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

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

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

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

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

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.