Tour Detroit's historic churches with this Detroit News article

We've got a lot of things here in Detroit. We've got 19th century architecture downtown, we've got Kahn-designed factory buildings that are now empty and perpetually on fire, and we've got a few casinos. And that's just off the top of my head. We also have an enormous amount of churches hanging around, both empty and occupied. The Detroit News puts together a guide for those interested in visiting some of Detroit's more holy sites.

Excerpt from the Detroit News:

For most of its history, Detroit was famously a city of factories, tidy homes and remarkable churches. While far too many of the first two have collapsed, the city still enjoys a spectacular collection of 19th- and early 20th-century churches.

Ray Cekauskas, president of the American Institute of Architects' Detroit chapter, calls Detroit's churches "one of the richest treasure troves of late 19th-century, ethnic-based churches anywhere in the country."

At Preservation Wayne, executive director Karen Nagher says: "We've got churches any city would envy."

In pulling together this short list, we've concentrated on some of Detroit's lesser-known, gorgeous churches downtown and close to downtown. Inevitably, many magnificent houses of worship got left out.

Read the entire article here.