In November 2025, plans were announced to transform the Albert Kahn-designed Packard Plant, one of the city’s most notorious ...

Michigan has no shortage of ghost towns, and many of them are hidden gems for travelers and history buffs. Here are five Michigan ghost towns to explore.

A former Detroit bank building that was abandoned and then turned into an impromptu nightclub has now undergone a much more intriguing transformation—after being made over into a stunning family home.

DETROIT - One of Detroit’s biggest eyesores of the last quarter century is finally being demolished following a two year legal battle. Detroit’s Construction and Demolition Department began taking ...

Detroit is running out of abandoned homes. Over the past decade, thousands of abandoned homes have been salvaged and rehabilitated, providing Detroiters access to affordable housing options. While the ...

The historic and formerly abandoned Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center in Detroit's Brush Park has sprung back to life and is now home to the legendary Kronk Gym. The renowned boxing gym officially ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950. In the ...

The recreation center, once abandoned and where Joe Louis trained, is being redeveloped by MHT Housing. Kronk Gym's original location closed in 2006, and the program has moved several times since. The ...