World's largest Christmas store.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

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

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

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

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

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

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A model village fit for an emperor.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.