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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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Chevrolet Empire Along the Flint River

Chevrolet Empire Along the Flint River

As Billy Durant was forced out of the company in 1910 and then proceeded to partner with Louis Chevrolet to built yet another automotive empire,…

Chick Inn Drive-In

Chick Inn Drive-In

If you delight in enjoying chicken, fries and shakes, then the Chick Inn is a must place to visit. An Ypsilanti tradition for more than 50 years,…

Clark

Clark

Wayside Exhibit Program – Clark Catalog (NE corner Grand and Washtenaw)Began before Bement was A. Clark & Co (in 1865), and though not as enormously…

Community at the Crossroads

Community at the Crossroads

As the economic and social center for the area, local families came to Cherry Hill Village to trade goods, pick up mail, purchased clothing, attend…

Conner Creek Industrial Area

Conner Creek Industrial Area

On Detroit’s eastside, Conner Creek once flowed from what is now the City of Warren to the Detroit River. It was a significant natural feature…

Continental Motors Plant

Continental Motors Plant

The “Continental” smokestack is a landmark near the intersection of Conner and Jefferson Avenues in Detroit. The smokestack is a remnant of the Continental Motors…

Creating an All-American City

Creating an All-American City

With the city's close relationship with General Motors, Flint was one of the most thriving cities in the United States. The community took a hit…

Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad

Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad

Step back into a time when life moved at a much slower pace. Stroll into town where more than 30 historic buildings and numerous costumed…

David Buick - Forgotten Inventor, Enduring Name

David Buick - Forgotten Inventor, Enduring Name

When David Buick died he was unknown by most in Detroit. He invented the valve-in-head automobile engine and created the Buick Motor Company. Money was…

Dearborn Arsenal

Dearborn Arsenal

Dearborn was an outpost on the western frontier. Because of expansion from Detroit and Indian disturbances to the west, in 1833 the federal government began…

Dearborn City Hall

Dearborn City Hall

East Downtown Dearborn is "the neighborhood the Rouge Plant built," and its fortunes have been tied to Ford Motor Company. Ford taxes generated much of…

Dearborn Country Club

Dearborn Country Club

It was a gift for his hometown. Henry Ford developed an 18-hole golf course at Outer Drive and Military Street that opened in 1925. With…

Dearborn DeSoto Plant

Dearborn DeSoto Plant

At 8505 Warren Avenue, west of Wyoming, is the enduring administration building of the large manufacturing center where Chrysler Corporation produced DeSoto automobiles. The plant…

Dearborn's Cultural Gateway

Dearborn's Cultural Gateway

Dearborn's South End has known many cultures across centuries, including Native American, French fur traders and British settlers in the 18th century, and later residents…

Detroit Driving Club

Detroit Driving Club

The Detroit Driving Club opened in 1894 when horses wer still prized for work and transportation. Horse racing was big-money entertainment at this mile-long oval…

Located in the heart of the downtown Cultural Center, Detroit's rich history come to life at the Detroit Historical Museum, one of the Midwest's leading cultural institutions. Many stories from the city's automotive past are preserved here.

Detroit Historical Museum / Detroit Historical Society

Celebrate 300 years of history! Trace how Detroit workers moved from "Frontiers to Factories." Stroll through the "Streets of Old Detroit." Take an up close…

The Detroit Institute of Arts has a well documented relationship with Detroit's automotive past. Edesel Ford, sole heir to the Ford Motor Co. empire, and his wife Eleanor saved this museum from closing its doors during the Great Depression and helped establish a fine art legacy for generations to enjoy. It is also home to Diego Rivera's famed "Detroit Industry" fresco murals.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Did you know Edsel Ford personally paid the salaries of this museum's workers to keep its doors open during the Great Depression He also commissioned…

Detroit Jockey Club

Detroit Jockey Club

The Detroit Jockey Club opened its doors by 1896 as a luxurious horse track running thoroughbred races on a mile-long oval. George Hendrie was the…

Located in the Rose and Robert Skillman Branch of the Detroit Public Library, the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) is regarded as the nation's premier public automotive archive documenting the history and development of the automobile and other forms of motorized, wheeled land transportation in the United States and abroad.

Detroit Public Library-National Automotive History Collection

The Detroit Public Library is home to the National Automotive History Collection: The world's largest automotive archive in the heart of the Motor City. Invaluable collections…

Detroit United Railway

Detroit United Railway

In 1900 various companies consolidated into the Detroit United Railway (DUR) Which grew to control streetcar systems in Detroit and between the growing suburban cities.…

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