Attractions
The Henry Ford Museum
Henry Ford, son of a farmer, built his first car in Detroit in
1896. There was nothing too amazing about this feat, because cars
had been around for some time. What was unique to Ford's invention
was the moving assembly line, which enabled...
see full detailsAutomotive Hall of Fame
Car buffs from the world over are drawn to Detroit’s
Automotive Hall of Fame, close to the Henry Ford Museum in Oakwood
Boulevard, Dearborn, which is the public program and exhibition
centre for the worldwide motor vehicle industry. The venue features
entertaining and enlightening...
see full detailsDetroit Historical Museum
The Detroit Historical Museum in Downtown allows visitors the
chance to tour the scope of the city’s history, from Antoine
de la Mothe Cadillac’s landing on the banks of the Detroit
River through the city’s emergence as an industrial capital.
In the museum it...
see full detailsDetroit Institute of Arts
America's fifth-largest fine arts museum boasts more than 100
galleries displaying a collection of 65,000 works, ranging from
mummies to Matisse, and Asian antiquities to American
Impressionists. The Museum is situated in downtown Detroit. The
highlights include the masterpieces of Rembrandt, Rubens, Bureghel
the Elder,...
see full detailsMotown Historical Museum
Detroit’s Motown sound originated in two simple buildings
on West Grand Boulevard, Downtown, at Hitsville U.S.A. Visitors can
see the original control room and recording studio where stars like
the Jackson Five, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder made hit records
between 1959 and 1972....
see full detailsLudington
Michigan boasts some wonderful sandy beaches along its western
coastline along Lake Michigan. Some of the best of these, with
miles of sand and wild dunes, are near the ferry port town of
Ludington. The Ludington State Park offers 14 miles (23km) of
hiking...
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