The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

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

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

World's largest Christmas store.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

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

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

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

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.