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Very busy and touristy place -- but worth it. Great tour. Plan accordingly, as they sell out. Outside dancing music and shop.
[Rose Howe, 08/14/2023]Hitsville, U.S.A.: The Motown Museum:- Address:
- 2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI
- Directions:
- From downtown, take Woodward Ave. north to Milwaukee, turn left, at Cass Ave. turn right. At West Grand Blvd. turn left, go one mile to museum on left.
- Hours:
- Hours vary. Closed M. Closed Su. except for Jul-Aug. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Admission:
- Prices vary by day.
- Detroit, Michigan - Giant Tigers
Embodiment of the Detroit Tigers sports team, sculpted by Michael Keropian, the largest -- 15 feet high at the shoulder -- raises a mighty paw outside the stadium main entrance.
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Comerica Park
- Address:
- Witherell St., Detroit, MI
- Directions:
- Outside the entrance to the Comerica Park baseball stadium. Downtown, on the east side of Witherell St., just north of its intersection with E. Adams Ave.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
History's Skid Marks, August 14, 2011: Ten years ago today the World's Largest Stove burned down, a news event so absurd that a lot of people thought it was a joke. 25 feet tall, the stove was built of wood -- on reflection, a dubious strategy -- for the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), to represent the Michigan Stove Company. It was eventually moved to Detroit, restored in 1998, and continued to be a quirky distraction for travelers. The giant stove was incinerated by a bolt of lightning (supposedly).
The nearby World's Largest Tire somehow remained unscathed.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 08/14/2021]World's Largest Stove:- Directions:
- North side of downtown, on the Michigan State Fairgrounds. I-75 exit 59 onto Eight Mile Rd and head west.
- Hours:
- Fairgrounds closed 2009. Stove burned in 2011, lightning strike.
- Status:
- Gone
- Detroit, Michigan - Eight Mile Wall
Made of cinder blocks, six feet high and a half-mile long, it was built in 1941 to wall off black homes on the east side from a new neighborhood on the west side.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- 20233 Birwood Ave., Detroit, MI
- Directions:
- Northwest of downtown. From MI-102/Eight Mile Rd (eastbound only) turn south at the stoplight (liquor store) onto Birwood Ave. Drive until the street dead-ends in Wells Park. You'll see the wall on the right.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
The polka dot house is the only one left in the photos posted. There are a lot of new pieces of artwork to view. This place is definitely worth a drive to visit.
[Traci Rowlett, 03/23/2021]The Heidelberg Project:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 3600 Heidelberg St., Detroit, MI
- Directions:
- East side of the city. Along the 3600 block of Heidelberg St., between Ellery and Mt. Elliot Sts.
- Phone:
- 313-974-6894
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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