Places bitsing Wants to Go

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

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

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

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.