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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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Sylvan Lake Inn

Sylvan Lake Inn

This short-lived inn housed visitors along the Sylvan Lake resort run by Merrill B. Mills. A decade after opening, the inn burned to the ground.

Taking Flight with Stinson Aircraft Corporation

Taking Flight with Stinson Aircraft Corporation

The first airplane with an enclosed cabin, electric starter, and wheel brake, gained it's financing from Detroiters. The financing was successful in helping Eddie Stinson,…

Tending the Guns: Pontiac's Armament Training Program

Tending the Guns: Pontiac's Armament Training Program

Along with building anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes and military vehicle parts, General Motors trained members of the United States Armed Forces in the operation, maintenance and…

The Baker Streetcar Line

The Baker Streetcar Line

As several people from all backgrounds migrated to Detroit for the auto industry, the Baker streetcar line carried these automobile workers along Bagley and Vernor…

The Bomber Restaurant

The Bomber Restaurant

Open since 1936, The Bomber restaurant takes its name from the nearby Willow Run Bomber Plant and the workers who filled its booths after finishing…

The Courage of Rosa Parks

The Courage of Rosa Parks

In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man. Ms. Parks…

The Dearborn Inn (Marriott)

The Dearborn Inn (Marriott)

This lovely Georgian inspired hotel was originally built by Henry Ford in 1931, to accommodate visitors and crews using the Ford Airport. Designed by Ford's…

The Depot

The Depot

This end of the historic Michigan Central Railway brought citizens to and from Detroit three times a day until the beginning of the Great Depression.

The Detroit Free Press Fresh Air Camp

The Detroit Free Press Fresh Air Camp

Funded (in part) by school children sending coins to help their friends, the Fresh Air Camp was established in 1906 to help underprivileged kids enjoy…

The Dodge Brother's Gift

The Dodge Brother's Gift

Some of Michigan's first state parks were created in the 1920's when the Dodge Brothers Motor Company donated land to the state to for the…

The Good Fight: Pontiac's Industry in Time of War

The Good Fight: Pontiac's Industry in Time of War

The City of Pontiac answered the call when our country went to war, joining America's other automobile manufacturing centers in switching production to military hardware…

The Great Escape: Traveling to Sylvan Lake

The Great Escape: Traveling to Sylvan Lake

As trolleys and automobiles appeared, it was easier for folks to enjoy distant places and the world became bigger for them. In the early 1890s,…

The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre features Michigan's largest IMAX screen

The Henry Ford-Large Screen Theater

Our IMAX motion picture projection system, invented and developed by Imax Corporation, is the finest motion picture projection system in the world. Images of unsurpassed…

The Inn on Ferry Street

The Inn on Ferry Street

The Inn on Ferry Street is Located in the heart of Detroit's Midtown area close to cultural institutions such as the Detroit Historic Museum and…

The Lodge at the Proving Grounds

The Lodge at the Proving Grounds

The Lodge is a landmark that is just north of the main gates of the Packard Proving Grounds. It opened in 1928 and was the…

The Orchard Lake Beach Trolley Stop

The Orchard Lake Beach Trolley Stop

In the early 1900s many Detroiters escaped to the wonders of nature by using the trolleys such as the Orchard Lake Beach stop that was…

The Packard Endurance Runs

The Packard Endurance Runs

The Packard Motor Car Company proved that it could combine luxury and quality time and time again. The company continually tested its products, even under…

The Pontiac Buggy Company

The Pontiac Buggy Company

Edward M. Murphy founded the Pontiac Buggy Company at the age of twenty-eight as the carriage industry was spreading throughout the city. Within ten years…

The Power of Water at the Mill Pond Dam

The Power of Water at the Mill Pond Dam

In 1838 the Clark brothers built the original dam to hold Clinton River water to a depth of 22 feet, producing the mill pond and…

The Proud History of UAW Local 594

The Proud History of UAW Local 594

Assembled in 1938 from worker discontent, Local 594 achieved many gains over the years through collective bargaining. Members proudly supported America's efforts in World War…

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