The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

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

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

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

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.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

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

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

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

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.