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Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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