Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Theatre
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
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Detroit, Michigan
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
Detroit, Michigan
38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.
Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Detroit, Michigan
Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.
Jarbidge, Nevada
One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Elko, Nevada
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
Santa Maria, California
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Solvang, California
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
San Luis Obispo, California
A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
San Francisco, California
A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.
San Francisco, California
A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.
San Francisco, California
The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.
Sacramento, California
Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.
Richmond, California
Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.
Hayward, California
Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Ogema, Wisconsin
The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.