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

Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.

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

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

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

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

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

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

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

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

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

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

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

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

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

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

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

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