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

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

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

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

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

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

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

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

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.