While it’s easy to think of the United States as either New York (urban) or Los Angeles (sprawl) with nothing but Mayberry in between, the truth is that there’s a lot of character to be found between the coasts of these United States. Exhibit No. 1: the Mark Binelli profile of Detroit that ran this week, Crack Rock City.

So this weekend, enjoy TMN’s tales from inland America, ready to read here on TMN or in an e-book you can export to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, etc.