About MotorCities
MotorCities National Heritage Area is an affiliate of the National Park Service dedicated to preserving, interpreting and promoting the automotive and labor heritage of the State of Michigan.

National Heritage Areas are places where natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography.

Wayside Exhibit installed in Downtown Romeo
The Romeo Historical Society proudly announces the addition of four heritage markers in downtown honoring Romeo’s contributions to the transportation industry so important to the state of Michigan.

As part of the Fifth Annual Romeo Victorian Festival presented by the Romeo Historical Society (RHS), four new historical markers were unveiled and presented in a dedication ceremony in Village Park, Saturday May 15th.

Autopalooza 2010
The summer months are here and the car engines are revved up! Whether it is the shine of a brass era vehicle on a lush Concours backdrop, or the roar of V8 up and down one of Michigan's historic roads or the blur of a NASCAR vehicle traveling at 200 mph, our region offers something for all segments of the car culture and their families.

The Prince of the Detroit Royal Family
Edsel and Eleanor Ford were the parents of four children. Henry Ford II was born in 1917, Bensen in 1919, Josephine in 1923 and William in 1925. The entire family moved to the Ford Estate home on Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe at Christmas time in 1929.

Old Car Festival
September 11-12, 2010

This Old Car Festival weekend, take in the spectacle as the streets and grounds of Greenfield Village are filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of hundreds of authentic vehicles from the 1890s through 1932.