Places lesliebergmann Wants to Go

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

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

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

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

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

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

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

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.