Detroit

Motor City

42.3314, -83.0457 · US · best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct · 120 sights

Detroit is the Motor City of Michigan, the birthplace of the American automotive industry and Motown music. Its remarkable urban renaissance, with revitalized neighborhoods, world-class art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Henry Ford Museum, tells a story of American resilience.

Sights

  1. Pylon — artwork (42.3281, -83.0441)
  2. First Congregational Living Museum — museum (42.3552, -83.0627)
  3. Swords Into Plowshares Gallery and Peace Center — gallery (42.3375, -83.0503)
  4. Statue of Pope John Paul II — memorial (42.3982, -83.0592)
  5. University of Michigania — memorial (42.3305, -83.0448)
  6. Monument to Joe Louis — artwork (42.3287, -83.0445)
  7. Lafayette Coney Island — attraction (42.3314, -83.0488)
  8. American Coney Island — attraction (42.3314, -83.0487)
  9. The Spirit of Detroit — artwork (42.3293, -83.0446)
  10. Hazen S. Pingree — artwork (42.3368, -83.0510)
  11. William Potter Maybury — artwork (42.3370, -83.0505)
  12. Welcome to Woodbridge — artwork (42.3423, -83.0727)
  13. Grand River Creative Corridor Murals — artwork (42.3454, -83.0802)
  14. Hamtramck Disneyland — attraction (42.4072, -83.0586)
  15. Melvindale Veterans Memorial — monument (42.2818, -83.1773)
  16. James J. Brady Memorial — memorial (42.3392, -82.9877)
  17. Schiller — artwork (42.3414, -82.9802)
  18. Dante — artwork (42.3417, -82.9804)
  19. Statue of Father Clement Kern — artwork (42.3293, -83.0656)
  20. Monumental Kitty — artwork (42.3348, -83.0708)
  21. Of Course, Of Course — artwork (42.3464, -83.0849)
  22. Hamtramck Historical Museum — museum (42.3954, -83.0571)
  23. Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko — artwork (42.3319, -83.0581)
  24. Peter Stroh Memorial — artwork (42.3304, -83.0306)
  25. Gateway to Freedom — monument (42.3264, -83.0440)
  26. Library Street Collective — gallery (42.3345, -83.0471)
  27. Statue of Abraham Lincoln — artwork (42.3342, -83.0472)
  28. Afghanistan & Peacekeepers Memorial — memorial (42.3290, -82.9808)
  29. Knights of Columbus Peace Monument — monument (42.3194, -83.0439)
  30. Ancient Jesuit Pear Trees — memorial (42.3192, -83.0439)
  31. Jesuit Missionaries Cross — artwork (42.3092, -83.0713)
  32. Copernicus Sundial — monument (42.2954, -83.0234)
  33. Generations — monument (42.3216, -83.0004)
  34. Transcending — artwork (42.3280, -83.0449)
  35. The North Wall — memorial (42.3104, -83.0697)
  36. Civil War Monument — memorial (42.3367, -82.9940)
  37. Reverend Samuel Francis Smith Flagpole — memorial (42.3379, -82.9763)
  38. Sunset Point — attraction (42.3334, -83.0040)
  39. General Casimir Pulaski Polish Heritage Monument — monument (42.3315, -83.0510)
  40. War of 1812 Dead — monument (42.3315, -83.0513)

Sights © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA, edited for length.