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

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

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

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

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

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

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

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

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

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

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.