A Bibliophile's Dream.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A science teacher's dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

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

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

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

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.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

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

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.