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

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

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

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

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

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

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

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

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

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

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

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

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.