One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

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

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

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

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

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

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

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.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.