The hall of fame for circus performers.

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

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

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

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

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

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

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

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.