Places hellogigi Wants to Go

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

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

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

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

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

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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 largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

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

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

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.