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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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Monday, 11 June 2018 20:32

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

Birthplace of the Model T, first building built and owned by Ford Motor Company, and the only early automobile factory in Detroit open to the…
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Monday, 11 June 2018 20:36

Durant Park

William C. Durant was one of Michigan's most important industrialists and the founder of the General Motors Corporation. In 1919 Durant purchased this three-acre city…
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The Durant-Dort Carriage Company building along with the Durant-Dort Office Building, right across the street, serves as the historical epicenter of the General Motors empire.…
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Monday, 11 June 2018 20:44

Milan Dragway

Founded in 1963, the Milan Dragway is a half-mile IHRA sanctioned straight drag strip and home to many heart-pounding racing events.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 12:28

Michigan Theatre

This local institution harkens back to an era when thousands of theatres like this dotted the American landscape. The Michigan was the last and largest…
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The Lansing Auto Town Gallery is an audio special collection featuring oral histories from members and employees of the United Auto Workers Local 602, Fisher…
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The Labor and Industrial Relations library at Michigan State University is a non-circulating reference collection with access to the printed and electronic information in the…
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 12:51

Michigan State University

Whether you prefer sports or science, this university campus has the stars for you! Feast your senses on the clanging of bells in the 104-foot-tall…
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:36

Michigan State Capitol

Marvel at one of the nation's best surviving displays of the Victorian painted decorative arts. Home to the state Legislature and staff, the Michigan State…
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:43

REO City Living in an Auto Community

After leaving the Oldsmobile company, Ransom E. Olds decided to form a new company around his initials "Reo". Several workers migrated toward this new company…
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