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

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

One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

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

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

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

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

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

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

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

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

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

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

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

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.