DETROIT — It was not yet 8 a.m. when the van pulled up behind Lee Plaza. A towering art deco monolith standing 16 stories tall over central Detroit, the former luxury hotel had been modeled after the ...

We've got a double-header for today's edition of Detroit Cliche Watchdog, an ongoing series examining media coverage of Detroit from everywhere except Detroit. Are you ready? YouTube user proshea01, ...

Detroit is the broken tooth in Michigan’s smile. Nevertheless, the preternaturally optimistic governor, from whom never is heard a discouraging word, cheerfully describes his recent foray with a crew ...

Installation view of Nancy Mitchnick’s ‘Uncalibrated’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (all images courtesy the artist and MOCAD) (click to enlarge) Mitchnick was a member of Detroit’s Cass ...

Detroiters may despise the ruins that surround them, but the hundreds – if not thousands – of tourists who come to see the derelict buildings say the experience helps them understand the Motor City.

DETROIT -- Detroit has more than 70,000 abandoned buildings. Among them is an old Cadillac plant that houses piles of wood. Where others see trash, Mark Wallace sees buried treasure. Wallace started ...

The Michigan Central Station stands empty in Detroit. Built in 1913, the building closed in 1988 and has since been a major attraction on so-called "ruin tours" that focus on the city's abandoned ...

Five years after having been saved from the wrecking ball, the controversial sale of a Banksy piece from Detroit has finally gone through. With the auction house, Los Angeles’s Julien’s Auctions, ...

Seph Lawless examines a typical Detroit ruin. Credit: Photo courtesy of Seph Lawless. Ruin porn, urban exploring, urban spelunking — call it what you will, but the fascination with Detroit’s ruins is ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I REACHED DOWN the pant cuff with the eraser end of my pencil and poked it. Frozen solid. But definitely human. "Goddamn." I took a deep ...

Michigan, the national leader in recession, depends on an auto industry that will never be as big as it was. So how does the Detroit area diversify? Who's hiring, or investing in something new?