Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School
This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.
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Mount Pleasant, Michigan
This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Pontiac, Michigan
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Detroit, Michigan
Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.
Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Bay City, Michigan
This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”
Bay City, Michigan
This state-of-the-art planetarium takes architectural inspiration from the sun itself.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
Midland, Michigan
There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.
Charlottesville, Virginia
An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
Baltimore, Maryland
Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.