The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

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

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

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

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.