These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

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

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

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

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

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

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

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

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.