Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

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

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

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

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

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.