2,700 miles...

...without ever leaving Detroit.

The assignment was extreme, even a little preposterous: a 4-month, 2,700-mile odyssey through Detroit's 2,100 or so streets. From downtown to 8 Mile -- and all points in between -- we took a street-level survey of all 138 square miles to bring you a unique view of the Motor City.

Free Press columnist Bill McGraw and a team of designers, editors, and photographers put together a very cool five-part report about the assignment. From guerilla theater to urban prairie, abandoned mansions to riverside and canal-side bungalows, it really got me wanting to drive around the city too.