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Detroit, Michigan
Geodesic Dome House
Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.
42.3265, -83.0797
Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Central Station
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
42.3287, -83.0775
Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
42.3287, -83.0445
Detroit, Michigan
The Dequindre Cut Greenway
This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.
42.3439, -83.0336
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Children's Zoo
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
42.3406, -82.9813
Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle Aquarium
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
42.3379, -82.9856
Detroit, Michigan
Fisher Body Plant 21
Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.
42.3692, -83.0621
Detroit, Michigan
Heidelberg Project
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
42.3586, -83.0215
Detroit, Michigan
Packard Automotive Plant
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
42.3796, -83.0290
Detroit, Michigan
Giant Cow Head
Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.
42.3850, -82.9611
Chicago, Illinois
The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
41.7799, -87.5806
Chicago, Illinois
Pullman Historic District
First planned industrial community in the United States.
41.6926, -87.6094
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Columbarium
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
37.7806, -122.4571
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
37.7702, -122.4702
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's Cable Car Museum
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
37.7945, -122.4114
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
37.8017, -122.3973
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
37.7799, -122.5137
San Francisco, California
Mile Rocks Light
A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.
37.7928, -122.5104
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
37.8029, -122.4482
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
37.8267, -122.4230
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