Top 10 things to do/see in Detroit

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is an impressive museum, dedicated to the history, culture, and arts of African-Americans from the 14th century to date, and is the largest of its kind in the world.

Cranbrook Art Museum boasts a collection of contemporary art includes works that represent a variety of movements and schools, including Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, Modernism, and Post-Modernism.

Henry Ford Estate — Fair Lane is the mansion built in 1914 by Henry and Clara Ford. Ford, a nature lover, wanted a home that blended into the pastoral setting, so designers used rough-hewn Ohio limestone to make the mansion almost melt into the landscape of sculpted gardens, green spaces, river walks, and woodland areas.

Greenfield Village, an outdoor re-creation of a 19th-century town, pays tribute to the American people who followed their dreams and made life-changing discoveries along the way.

Meadow Brook Hall built during the Roaring ’20s for Matilda Dodge, widow of John Dodge features 110 rooms, and most of them still present period decor and priceless art and furnishings.

Motown Museum The Temptations, Supremes, “Little” Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and other Motown greats helped establish Detroit as one of the most influential centers in the history of pop music.

Holocaust Memorial Center exists as the country’s first freestanding facility devoted to remembering the Holocaust and working to prevent future abominations.

Belle Isle Park is a 983-acre island park on the Detroit River. It’s a favorite picnic spot and is ideal for fishing and outdoor recreation; features a nature center, tennis courts, beach areas, a waterslide, and playgrounds, and it’s connected to the city by bridge.

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House overlooks Lake St. Clair. Edsel, the only child of Henry and Clara Ford, and his wife Eleanor built this home in 1929, and it remains today as it was back then, an oversized version of an English country home.

Henry Ford Museum showcases the development of technology in the US and documents the width and breadth of American inventions and innovation. The facility occupies nine acres and includes exhibits on agriculture, the automobile, freedom, timepieces, home appliances, jewelry, presidential limousines, and much more.

Car rental companies in Detroit include Avis, Enterprise, Hertz, National, and Thrifty.

Motor City and Motown: Detroit.

Henry Ford the son of a farmer in 1896 built his first car in Detroit, later the moving assembly line method of building cars that he devised put the world on wheels. Berry Gordy Jr, another former auto worker started a record company in the 20th century which brought some of the greatest names to fame including, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and others under the Motown label.
Established as a fort in 1701 on the northern banks of the Detroit River by French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Detroit through constant change, dedicated hard work and revitalization has become a major port city and a cultural and commercial hub of modern America.
With over two hundred must see attractions Detroit can be quite a handful for the visiting tourist.
Just to suggest a few would be the prominent museums located around Wayne State University including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Historical Museum, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Science Center, and the main branch of the Detroit Public Library.
The Henry Ford, the nation’s largest indoor-outdoor museum complex exhibits important history of Detroit and the surrounding area.
The Belle Isle Conservatory, Motown Historical Museum, Fort Wayne, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit are amongst the many that highlight the cultural heritage of Detroit.
The largest open-air flowerbed market in the United States is the Eastern Market farmer’s distribution center with more than 150 food and specialty businesses.
An entertainment hub the Greektown and resorts plays host to annual events like Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Detroit International Jazz Festival, and Woodward Dream Cruise. Downtown Campus Martius Park plays host to the Motown Winter Blast. The city hosts the North American International Auto Show. The International Riverfront with the 5 day Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival and the Thanksgiving Parade and fireworks show attracts crowds of millions.
Detroit representing the four major sports in North America has three active major sports venues within the city. Home of the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers is Comerica Park; home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions is Ford Field and home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings is the Joe Louis Arena.
From sailboat racing, motor sports to WWE, Detroit has it all.
The night life in Detroit is amazing from casinos in three downtown districts to jazz, rock and symphony orchestras, Detroit has something to offer.
A multi cultural city Detroit lets you shop, eat and experience from Mexicantown in southwest Detroit, the Polish and increasingly Indian and Bangladeshi neighborhoods of Hamtramck to the Italian neighborhood in Windsor and Jewish communities of Bloomfield Hills, Asian enclaves in Troy and Madison Heights, and the Italian neighborhoods of Macomb Township.
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