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

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

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

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.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

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

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

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

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

This unique collection collects pieces of art etched into thin pieces of stone.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.