The Michigan Theatre is the strangest sight in downtown Detroit. The 1926 movie palace by C. Howard Crane, once one of the grandest in the country, was carved up in 1976 to keep the surrounding office building viable — and the auditorium was converted into a multi-level parking garage. The ornate plaster, the proscenium arch, and the gilt details remain visible above the parked cars.
The garage is open during business hours to anyone with a few dollars to park. Drive in, look up, walk around. There is no other room quite like it.