Leaf: Who would have thought that in a waiting room full of retired Aussie farmers I'd be transported back to my beloved India? (Barrington, Australia)

Rae: There are possibly more than 45,000 abandoned or burned houses in Detroit. It is a completely unique city, a collection of the shells of homes, often beautiful and decayed. Some blocks have one or two occupied houses on them. I've never been anywhere quite like Detroit, where my husband grew up. (Detroit, USA)