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

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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

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

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

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

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

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

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

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

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

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.