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Welcome to MotorCities National Heritage Area (MotorCities), where you can Experience Everything Automotive! We invite you to join us as we take a drive down memory lane, gaze into the future and share with you an amazing automotive journey.

Pull out a calendar, road map and pen, and let the fun begin! We invite you to browse the many wonderful automotive museums, homes and gardens, tours and sporting events located in MotorCities and plot your path through the heart of the American automotive industry. If you need help, we're ready to jump in! Whether your visit lasts a few hours or a few days, you are guaranteed an exciting variety of places to see and things to do.

With over 100 sites and experiences waiting to be explored, go ahead and choose your category of interest - and get ready to Experience Everything Automotive!

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Tuesday, 22 October 2019 19:01

Oakland University

Oakland University was established in 1957 by Alfred and Matilda Dodge Wilson on the Meadow Brook Farms property originally purchased in 1908 by automotive pioneer…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:13

Highland State Recreation Area

Some of Michigan's first state parks were created in the 1920s when the Dodge Brothers Motor Company donated land to the state for the creation…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:17

Rose Terrace

Along Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Park, stone and metal fencing is a last trace of the Rose Terrace estate of Horace and Anna…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:24

Dodge Home

John Dodge moved into this home at 75 Boston Boulevard in Detroit in 1907. At that time, he and his brother Horace had grown wealthy as…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:27

Boydell Building

After building bicycles in Windsor, John and Horace Dodge opened a machine shop in the Boydell Building in Detroit in 1900. There they made metal…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:31

Dodge Main - Detroit-Hamtramck Plant

To meet explosive demand for their metal manufacturing, in 1910 John and Horace Dodge opened the massive Dodge Main factory in Hamtramck. Initially making Ford…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:35

Horace Dodge Home

Horace Dodge and his family lived in this home through 1911 as they waited for construction of their Rose Terrace estate in Grosse Pointe Farms…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:39

Cadillac Clark Street Assembly Plant

The Clark Street Technology Park now occupies the land near Clark Street and Michigan Avenue where one of the world’s biggest General Motors automobile plants…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:43

Lincoln Plant

Automotive pioneer Henry Leland formed Lincoln Motor Company in 1917 and built this plant at Livernois and Warren Avenues. The plant first built “Liberty” aircraft…
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:46

Kelsey-Hayes Plant on McGraw Ave

On McGraw Avenue, just east of Livernois, are the remains of the Kelsey-Hayes plant that built brakes for Ford Motor Company. At this site, in…
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