Detroit Institute of Arts. One of the country's premier art museums, the DIA houses 65,000 works spanning ancient Egypt to contemporary America — anchored by Diego Rivera's monumental 27-panel Detroit Industry Murals (1932–33), considered the finest Mexican fresco cycle in the United States. Admission is $20 for adults, with free guided tours…
Motown Museum (Hitsville U.S.A.). The birthplace of the Motown Sound at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, where Berry Gordy launched Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations from a modest house in 1959. Studio A still holds the original recording equipment, and guided tours bring the golden era of soul vividly to life.
Belle Isle Park. A 985-acre island state park in the Detroit River and the second most-visited state park in the U.S., Belle Isle offers swimming beaches, the historic Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, the Belle Isle Aquarium, fishing piers, and sweeping views of the Windsor skyline. Entry by vehicle requires a Michigan Recreation…
Detroit Riverwalk. A 3-mile award-winning waterfront promenade — named best riverwalk in the country by USA Today three years running — stretching from Rosa Parks Boulevard to the Belle Isle Bridge, lined with plazas, a vintage carousel, the 63-foot-tall Milliken State Park lighthouse, and kayak launches. It is free,…
Guardian Building. A National Historic Landmark designated in 1989 and one of the world's boldest Art Deco skyscrapers, the 1929 'Cathedral of Finance' stuns visitors with its soaring Aztec-influenced tilework, gold-leaf ceilings, and hidden bank vaults. One-hour guided tours run Thursday through Monday at $12 for adults and offer…
Eastern Market. The largest historic public market district in the United States, Eastern Market's six-block spread draws up to 40,000 visitors on peak Saturdays for fresh produce, smoked fish, breads, flowers, and live music. Summer Sundays add an arts-and-food-truck Street Market, and Flower Day — running since 1967 — is the…
Fox Theatre. Opened in 1928 and today a National Historic Landmark, the Fox is one of the grandest surviving movie palaces in America — its 5,000-seat auditorium draped in gold-leaf plasterwork, red velvet, and an elephant-head sculpture above the stage. It hosts touring Broadway shows and major concert acts year-round, and…
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Home to 'And Still We Rise,' a 22,000-square-foot interactive core exhibit tracing African American history from Africa to the present, the Wright is the world's second-largest institution dedicated to the African American experience and holds more than 35,000 artifacts and archival materials. Located in Midtown at…
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