37 Abandoned Resorts From a Bygone Era You Can Still Visit

21. Lee Plaza Hotel: Detroit's Decaying Art Deco Jewel

Soaring 15 stories above Detroit, Michigan, the Lee Plaza Hotel is a stunning example of Art Deco architecture left to ruin. Opened in 1927 as a luxurious residential hotel, it featured ornate details, marble finishes, and elegant living spaces. Economic decline and mismanagement led to its eventual closure in the 1990s. Despite numerous attempts at revitalization, it remains vacant, stripped of many fixtures but still retaining its grand, albeit decaying, structural beauty. Lee Plaza stands as a poignant symbol of Detroit's changing fortunes and the lost elegance of a bygone era of urban sophistication.