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Cranbrook Institute of Science
Category: Museums - Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 39221 Woodward Ave, Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
The Institute of Science intends to share with visitors its broad fascination with the natural world and with technology. Its interactive displays and engaging exhibits make the educational process a fun one for young and old. The collection features laser-light shows, rocks and minerals, dinosaur skeletons, local...
Category: Museums - Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
View works by masters such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse at this impressive museum. Major thematic exhibits place a focus on Africa, Oceania, and the Indigenous Americas; The Arts of Asia and the Islamic World; and Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. A hallmark of DIA's collections is a 27-panel mural...
Category: Family Vacations - Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 8450 W Ten Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48067
The Detroit Zoo is home to more than 1000 animals from almost 300 different species and is one of the first zoos to feature bar-less animal exhibits. One of the zoo's major priorities is to house its population in a more naturalistic habitat. Moats and other natural barriers separate the animals and the visitors. The...
Category: Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 3011 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202-3096
Like the Guardian, this building is another fine example of Roaring '20s-style Art Deco architecture. Interior mosaics are made from more than 40 varieties of marble and depict cherubs, muses, orange trees, hemlocks, vines, eagles, and folk art motifs.
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Category: Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 631 W Fort St, Detroit, MI 48226
Completed in the early 1870s, Fort Street Presbyterian stands as one of the city's last examples of Victorian Gothic architecture. Noteworthy for its Great Hall, flying buttresses, intricate stonework, and commanding octagonal tower, the church is one of Michigan's oldest. Fort Street is open to guests and, during the...
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Address: 20900 Oakwood Blvd, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI 48124
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. Within the 80-acre site, you'll find historical replicas of the bicycle shop where the Wright brothers created the first airplane and of...
Category: Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 170 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48226
This church serves as a sanctuary for Great Lakes sailors and their families. Prayers incorporate nautical references, and the bells toll whenever the lakes take another soul. A poignant example of this tradition occurred in 1975 when The Reverend Richard Ingalls prayed and tolled the church's bell once for each of...
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Address: Walton Blvd & S Squirrel Rd, Oakland University, Detroit, MI 48309
This extravagant "castle," built during the Roaring '20s for Matilda Dodge, widow of John Dodge, is open to the public. Meadow Brook features 110 rooms, and most of them still present period decor and priceless art and furnishings. The home was inspired by traditional English Tudor country homes. Among its most...
Category: Detroit Attractions & Activities
Address: 2901 Grand River Ave, Detroit, MI 48201-2907
This attractive redbrick casino, located in the heart of Detroit, draws huge crowd of tourists to the revitalizing downtown area. A world-class facility that boasts more than 70,000-square feet of entertainment space, MotorCity's 2400 slot machines and numerous table games offer more than a few opportunities to test...
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Address: 2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208
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. Motown founder, Berry Gordy, from a modest home in the northern part of Detroit, helped launch huge careers and found...
