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

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

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.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

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

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

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