Well-known as the center of US automobile production, Detroit is the oldest city in the Midwest. The Motor City, as it's called, has evolved into a financial, cultural, and entertainment hub, offering a spectacular range of options for visitors and residents. The Motown Sound, which got its start here, is preserved at the popular Motown Museum. Other attractions include the Cultural Center, featuring the famous Detroit Institute of Arts; the GM Renaissance Center, home to restaurants, shops, and a full-service hotel; and the Henry Ford Museum, America's most-visited indoor/outdoor historical complex. Sports fans can follow the Lions, Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers or play golf on a number of championship courses. The city also pays tribute to Holocaust victims at the Holocaust Memorial Center, the first facility of its kind in the United States.
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Want to see the chair Lincoln was killed in, the plane Admiral Byrd used to fly over the South Pole, or the original Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile? The Henry Ford Museum offers a look at such artifacts as it tells the tale of American ingenuity. The museum details how Ford built his car company from a tiny Detroit wagon shop, which employed only ten people in 1903.
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