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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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Jimmy and Duck Help Win WWII

Jimmy and Duck Help Win WWII

Two vehicles that contributed the most to our success in World War II were designed and built by GMC Truck & Coach in Pontiac. The…

Josiah Dallas Dort

Josiah Dallas Dort

As a founder of the Durant- Dort Carriage Company and later a president of Dort Motor Car Company, Josiah Dallas Dort was heavily involved with…

The Kalamazoo Speedway features Friday night races on its 3/8 mile high banked paved oval track. Built in 1949, the Kalamazoo Speedway serves as a great piece of the state's racing heritage and has the distinction of being the only Michigan short track invited to host a race as part of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series.

Kalamazoo Speedway

Move out the cows and move in the cars- an interesting beginning to this track's history in 1949! Today, Super Late models, Limited Late models,…

Kalamazoo Valley Museum

Kalamazoo Valley Museum

A hands-on museum geared toward children and families, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum also preserves local history and the region's automotive past within its special collections.…

Kelsey-Hayes Plant on McGraw Ave

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…

Kettering University Archives

Kettering University Archives

Now a part of Kettering University, this 30-year-old Industrial History Collection began with the acquisition of William C. Durant's Collection. The noncirculating library has photographic…

Lakes and Attractions

Lakes and Attractions

No stop in the entire Detroit United Railway (DUR) trolley system was more popular than the Orchard Lake stop located here. People who came here…

Lansing's Labor Holiday UAW Action

Lansing's Labor Holiday UAW Action

In June of 1937, Lansing's United Auto Workers Local 182 decided to follow Flint's example with a sit down strike for workers rights. In support…

Lansing's Old Town Industry by the River

Lansing's Old Town Industry by the River

This town was a major staple for the people living in the area as it had a mill, a brewery, and several shops located by…

Learning By Doing At Ford's Nankin Mill Schoolhouse

Learning By Doing At Ford's Nankin Mill Schoolhouse

This rural schoolhouse provided children in the area to "learn by doing" from 1937 to 1946. This schoolhouse was a part of Ford's Edison Institue…

Learning Leadership at General Motors Institute

Learning Leadership at General Motors Institute

In 1919, the School of Automotive Trades was founded and in 1926, General Motors Institute acquired the school as it became an important training organization…

Lincoln Motor Car Company

In 1922, Henry Ford purchased the company for $8,000,000, turning the Lincoln into Ford Motor Company's luxury brand. Leland retained his management post after the…

Lincoln Plant

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…

Livingstone Channel

Livingstone Channel

The automobile may lie in the heart of Detroit, but industry as a whole exploded in the Great Lakes area in the early 20th century.…

Locals 159 and 653 and the Birth of the United Auto Workers

Locals 159 and 653 and the Birth of the United Auto Workers

While the auto industry was creating fabulous wealth in the early 20th Century, its thousands of workers were left behind with twelve-hour workdays and poor…

Louis Chevrolet - Building a Reputation for Racing

Louis Chevrolet - Building a Reputation for Racing

Louis Chevrolet grew up in Switzerland and France where he raced and repaired bicycles before finding a facination with automobiles made in America in 1900.…

Mack Avenue Engine Plant

Mack Avenue Engine Plant

This site at 4000 St. Jean is both historic and modern. After 1920, Briggs Manufacturing Company built car bodies here for Ford, Plymouth and other…

Made in Pontiac: The City of Vehicles

Made in Pontiac: The City of Vehicles

Once things became motorized, Pontiac grew into a sparking engine of ideas and "self-propelled" machines. By the 1920s, companies producing cars and trucks had gone…

Make Way for the "Chief of the Sixes"

Make Way for the "Chief of the Sixes"

In January 1926, Oakland Motors revealed its new Pontiac model, named for the city in which it was born and for the dynamic Native American…

Making Modern Housing for Flint's Workers

Making Modern Housing for Flint's Workers

As Flint was flooded with workers searching for opportunities, the housing industry had to address the shortage of housing. The Modern Housing Corporation was founded…

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