Detroit, Michigan
Guardian Building Art Deco Lobby
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
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Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Dearborn, Michigan
A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.
Dearborn, Michigan
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Eagle Harbor, Michigan
On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.
Taylors Falls, Minnesota
A stone face watches over the river.
Minnetrista, Minnesota
Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.
Crosby, Minnesota
The site of Minnesota’s worst mining disaster, now reclaimed by nature.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.
Eveleth, Minnesota
A memorial to the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died at this location, along with seven others, in a plane crash in 2002.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.