Ally & Josh
9.6.2014
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Wedding's not 'til 6. How should we fill our time?
There are lots of things to do in the area. We've highlighted our favorites, but you should also check out Pure Michigan, Time's list of 10 things to do in Detroit, Hour Detroit's 101 Things Every Detroiter Should Do, and some more lists here, here, and here.
The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI 48124-5029
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village are Ally's Favorites
With a rich and diverse offering of exhibits, demonstrations, programs and reenactments, The Henry Ford celebrates yesterday’s traditions as well as today’s innovations. Five distinct attractions at The Henry Ford captivate and inspire visitors of all ages.
Spread over more than 90-acres, Greenfield Village comes alive with the unforgettable sights, sounds and settings of America’s past.
Housing one of the largest collections of its kind ever assembled, Henry Ford Museum showcases the people and ideas that have fired our imaginations and changed our lives.
At the site where automobile manufacturing as we know it came of age — and continues to define the state-of-the-art today — the Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a firsthand journey into the genius of American manufacturing.
Behind the scenes, the Benson Ford Research Center uses the one-of-a-kind artifacts and resources of The Henry Ford to deepen our understanding of American people, places and things.
And on the bigger-than-big screen, The Henry Ford IMAX Theater presents current releases, cinema classics and feature-length documentaries that showcase American popular culture and the American experience in superb, sense-surrounding detail.
Encounter ideas that change the world, travel through America’s past, embark on America’s greatest factory tour and more. It all comes together at The Henry Ford, America’s greatest history attraction.
There is a lot to see and do here, so check out their suggested itineraries.
One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894 as part of the Western League. They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the American League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships (1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984), 11 American League Pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, and 2012), and three American League Central Division championships (2011, 2012 and 2013). The Tigers also won Division titles in 1972, 1984 and 1987 while members of the American League East. The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit.
The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue and began playing there in 1896. In 1912, the team moved into Navin Field, which was built on the same location. It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium. It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000. (Wikipedia)
Ally and her sisters have many happy memories of their frequent visits to the Detroit Zoo. The Detroit Zoo has 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits for aardvarks to zebras and features award-winning exhibits like National Amphibian Conservation Center, Great Apes of Harambee, and the Arctic Ring of Life, and attractions like the Tauber Railroad and Giraffe Encounter.
Motown Museum
2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208
This is Josh's Favorite
Coney Island Taste Test
American vs. Lafayette
114 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226;
118 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
Despite the passage of time since Motown Records’ establishment in 1959 by Berry Gordy, tens of thousands of visitors pass through Hitsville U.S.A., home to the Motown Museum, each year. Their presence is a testimony to Motown’s legacy and to the charisma, talent and staying power of the music and those who made it.
The Motown Museum, which was founded by Esther Gordy Edwards in 1985, is one of Southeast Michigan’s most popular tourist destinations. Visitors come from across America and throughout the world to stand in Studio A, where their favorite artists and groups recorded much-loved music, and to view the restored upper flat where Berry Gordy lived with his young family during the company’s earliest days.
Home to an extensive array of Motown artifacts, photographs and other memorabilia, the Museum’s mission, which is presented below, is to preserve the legacy of Motown Record Company and to educate and motivate people, especially youth.
For those that don’t know what a Coney dog is, it can be defined as a hot dog inside a steamed bun topped with chili, onions, and mustard. The original Coney Island, Todoroff’s, was named after the Coney Island amusement park in New York, and opened in Jackson, Michigan in 1914. Later, in 1917, American Coney Island opened in Detroit between Michigan Ave., Griswold St., and Lafayette St. American is home of the original Coney Dog in Detroit as stated by their website.
Lafayette Coney Island split from American Coney Island a couple of years later after the brothers that formed the original American Coney Island couldn’t agree on some ingredients going into the recipes for the chili. Gust Keros stayed with American while Bill Keros formed Lafayette, which sits directly next door to American.
It’s not very often you have restaurants that are competing for business owned by the same family still feuding to this day. Both restaurants are still family owned and have a different approach to what ingredients go into their chili. Detroit: A City on the Rise
Ford Field Tour
2000 Brush St, Detroit, MI 48226
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
11am and 1pm
Tour Ford Field for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Detroit’s crown jewel and the home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four.
Ford Field represents Detroit’s history and its future in a single venue. We welcome you to experience this innovation in architecture, as Ford Field integrates the Detroit Lions stadium into the historical old Hudson's warehouse built in the 1920's.
Also, get a peek at a Ford Field suite, an NFL locker room, walk down the tunnel to the field and stand on the turf for a player's view of the stadium.