US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

This is also known as the Detroit Federal Building, and it was one of the sites we visited for my sociology class on Detriot (which was an awesome class, by the way). It is also the place where my brother was sworn in as a US Citizen.
The building is enormous — it is the size of an entire downtown block in Detroit. For a historical building, the architecture is interesting and modern. It was the former site of Fort Shelby and the US Post Office. What I especially remember about this building were the beautiful, intricately hand painted domed walls when walking in. Sculptures by architect Parducci are also on display.
As beautiful as it is, typical federal courthouse goings-​on happen in there. No cell phones, no cameras, no fun. My brother was supposed to be sworn in with 200 other people at this building. However, they never called his name and he had to say, «Wait a minute! You didn’t call my name!» And it took about 10 minutes for them to find his certificate in a folder, and on top of that his middle name was misspelled. It was very un-​glam.