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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The former site of the world's largest paper mill is now a museum preserving the heritage of Canada's pulp and paper industries.

Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

The only museum about the history of dentistry in Canada.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.