Places Heather Marcello Wants to Go

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.

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

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

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

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

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

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

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

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

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

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

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

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.