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

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

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

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

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

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

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

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

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

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

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

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

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

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

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

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

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

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