Natural history museum features a T. rex skeleton cast & planetarium among its interactive exhibits.

A perfect mix of historic and hip, downtown Rochester attracts both local residents and visitors from across the state of Michigan. Downtown Rochester is home to more than 350 shops, salons, restaurants and professional service businesses; 85% of which are independent merchants. Downtown Rochester’s natural beauty is attributed to the waterways that surround the city and the abundant green space that three parks and two winding trails offer.

Located along Woodward Avenue, Michigan’s Main Street, Birmingham is centrally located within Oakland County and Metro Detroit. Birmingham’s lively, pedestrian-friendly downtown offers one of the midwest's premier shopping districts. Comprised of nearly 300 retailers, downtown Birmingham offers a wonderfully diverse assortment of boutiques and national retailers, restaurants, gift shops, jewelers, salons, spas, art galleries, and antiques. Movie theaters and two beautiful parks complete the city center.

Visit one of Hannah's favorite places -- the Detroit Zoo! It offers a fun polar bear & seal exhibit and numerous wildlife to view.

Blue Skies Brewery-Auburn Hills is a satellite taproom bringing the beers of Onsted-based Blue Skies Brewery closer to Metro Detroit via beautiful downtown Auburn Hills.

BSB was founded in 2018 by Lorenzo Lizarralde, an international airline pilot and owner/winemaker at Chateau Aeronautique Winery in Jackson and Onsted. The brewery’s name refers to the weather conditions all pilots long for when preparing to take off — a clear, cloudless sky stretching endlessly onward, signaling a smooth flight ahead — and our space reflects that airline aesthetic.

With 16 taps, including myriad styles of beer and seasonal hard ciders, as well as Chateau Aeronautique by the glass, BSB-AH offers something for everyone in a relaxed, casual atmosphere.

Way more than bowling, at this bowling alley you can enjoy arcade games, billiards, ping pong, darts, and even karaoke. Food and beverages are also available. Prices vary by activity, but are under $10 an hour for most activities.

Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park located in Detroit with historic, environmental, and cultural resources that have been beloved for generations. The park is home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle Nature Center, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, and more!

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.

Located in the original headquarters and music recording studio for Motown Records, the Museum is home to an extensive array of authentic company artifacts, photographs, costumes and other valued memorabilia. Our world renowned facility is a national treasure and unique civic and cultural resource devoted to documenting Motown’s history and passing on the seeds of inspiration and creativity to ensure the next generation of artists and entrepreneurs flourish.

The DIA's collection is among the top six in the United States, with more than 65,000 works. The foundation was laid by William Valentiner, who was director from 1924 to 1945 and acquired many important works that established the framework of today's collections. Among his notable acquisitions are Mexican artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry fresco cycle, which Rivera considered his most successful work, and Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait, the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum collection.

A hallmark of the DIA is the diversity of the collection. In addition to outstanding American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic art, the museum holds significant works of African, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, Islamic, and Ancient art. In 2000, the DIA established the General Motors Center for African American Art as a curatorial department in order to broaden the museum's collection of African American art.

The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more

The Heidelberg Project is a free, outdoor art project in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on Detroit's east side, just north of the city's historically African-American Black Bottom area. It was created in 1986 by the artist Tyree Guyton, who was assisted by his wife, Karen, and grandfather Sam Mackey