Places nancybdeol Wants to Go

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

This unique collection collects pieces of art etched into thin pieces of stone.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

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

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

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

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

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

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

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

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.