Chicago, Illinois
Carroll Avenue
A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.
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Chicago, Illinois
A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.
Chicago, Illinois
The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.
Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Detroit, Michigan
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
Detroit, Michigan
An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."
Detroit, Michigan
Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.
Detroit, Michigan
It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.
Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Detroit, Michigan
38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.
Detroit, Michigan
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.
Detroit, Michigan
Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.
Meriden, Connecticut
Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.
Dearborn, Michigan
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Dearborn, Michigan
Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Rochester Hills, Michigan
The remains of a failed canal can be found in several towns near Lake St. Clair and is known historically as "Mason's Folly."
Rochester Hills, Michigan
A historic cider mill still using time-tested techniques.
Lansing, Michigan
This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.
Lansing, Michigan
Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.
Battle Creek, Michigan
The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.