From Underground Railroad Station to Motown Museum to the American automobile headquarters, Detroit always makes a big impression. Today, downtown Motor City is rebounding for new school appeal.

History
Local history is pock-mocked with tribulation, triumph, failure and recovery

Cultural Sites
Visit Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad

Restaurants & Nightclubs
The city and its suburbs have a wide range of Black-owned eateries

President Obama on the Rosa Parks Bus at Henry Ford Museum, Detroit

Historic Sites
One Underground Railroad Station is Site of an 1846 barn by Seymour Finney

Redeveloping Motor City
At Campus Martius, something is always jumping with concerts, movie nights and more

General Attractions
Riverwalk is a tourist attraction and downtown landmark

Arts
Funded by automotive philanthropy, Motown has the nation’s 5th largest art museum

Family Attractions
One of the largest science centers in the country resides here

Places of Worship
The mother Black Baptist church in Michigan was founded in 1836

Paradise Valley
A historic Black district Bounded by Gratiot, Vernor, Brush and Hastings Streets

Frederick Douglass Meets John Brown
How appropriate that Frederick Douglass meets John Brown here in 1859

Berry Gordy, the Founder of Motown; (c) Soul Of America

Motown Sound
Motion music tradition was written by its mercurial founder, Berry Gordy

Shops & Galleries
Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center & Bookstore is must-visit

Spas
Woodhouse Day Spa features a highly-rated, holistic approach to beauty