If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

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

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

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.

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

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

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A bizarre object of worship believed to grant wishes to those who tie it up with a rope.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.