Approximately 20 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Step into a world where past innovations fuel the imagination of generations to come. A vibrant exploration of genius in all its forms, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation allows you to experience the strides of America’s greatest minds while fully immersing yourself in their stories. Step inside the bus where Rosa Parks took a stand by taking a seat. Play pilot as you explore flight innovations, starting with the Wright brothers' achievements, or make yourself at home inside Buckminster Fuller’s circular Dymaxion House. Put yourself in the place of the movers and shakers who blazed the trail to where we stand today. And in doing so, discover your own path.

Approximately 20 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Experience firsthand the sights, sounds and sensations of America’s fascinating formation, where over 80 acres brim with resourcefulness and ingenuity. Here, 300 years of American perseverance serve as a living reminder that anything is possible. Step foot in the lab where Thomas Edison had his lightbulb moment or the workshop where the Wright brothers taught us to reach for the sky. Take a ride in a real Model T, or a walk through four working farms. Rub shoulders with world-class artisans, and explore the place where America’s can-do spirit inspires you to go out and get it done.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Pop open the hood on game-changing technology, sustainable design and sheer American grit at America’s greatest manufacturing experience. Get an inside look at the making of America’s most iconic truck, the Ford F-150, and immerse yourself in modern manufacturing’s most progressive concepts. Experience the awe-inspiring scale of a real factory floor as you rev up your inner engineer. This is where big ideas gain momentum.

Approximately 30 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

There are all the things a zoo should be.

Then there are all the things a zoo would be.

Which leads us to the really exciting possibility of what a zoo could be.

A place that not only conserves, but generates power.

A place that not only inspires its community, but the world entire.

A place that cares not just for the animals within its care, but for all those around the globe.

Well, ladies and gentle people, we are precisely that zoo.

Not merely a zoo that should or would.

The Detroit Zoo is The Zoo That Could.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

The Home of the Model-T! The Model-T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc., (doing business as) the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, was organized in 2000 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for the purpose of preserving the Plant and keeping it from being demolished. Open year round as a Museum and education center, the plant now attracts visitors from around the world. It provides special programs and events for bus tours, families, and scores of people attending public and private events from car shows to weddings.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

This old Detroit home belies the greatness that was born here: the Motown Sound. But one step inside Hitsville, USA, the original house where Berry Gordy lived and recorded the Motown hits, and you'll catch the beat and spirit of this booming music era. Photos, costumes, artwork, music and other memorabilia take you back to simpler times.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

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.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Hollywood Casino at Greektown, formerly Greektown Casino-Hotel, is a casino hotel in the Greektown neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan.

Approximately 30 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

The Original Football Bowling Pin Game

It started as a one-lane mashup of football and bowling while tailgating at the 2001 Indy 500. Today, Fowling is quickly turning into a national sensation. Give it a try and you’ll see.

How Do You Play?

It’s as easy as throwing a football at ten bowling pins until someone knocks them all down. BONK™. Drink. Repeat. Check out the short, simple rules to find out about Fair Ups, Overtime, Sudden Death and more.

Approximately 25 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

TreeRunner West Bloomfield Adventure Park is a premier aerial challenge forest park in Southeast Michigan. With over 250 suspended challenge obstacles including more than 45 zip lines, four difficulty levels, and 14 different aerial trails, there is plenty to explore! Just a short drive from Detroit, Pontiac, and other Southeastern Michigan communities, this venue is more than you can imagine!

Approximately 20 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Virtual reality, go karting, and racing simulations

Approximately 30 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Over 500 small businesses call the Eastern Market District their home. Nestled in the center, the Eastern Market Partnership is one of the biggest and longest-running public markets in the country, and embodies so much more than just a farmers market. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, they are on a mission to support a healthier, wealthier, and happier Detroit through their markets, outreach, and programs.

Approximately 20 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Ford’s Garage is your neighborhood burger and beer joint, where everyone is welcome. Ford’s Garage will give you the vibe of being in a 1920’s service station/prohibition bar with its old-style brick, dark colors, rich wood, and hand-hammered copper bar top. With many more unique features, too numerous to list, The Garage is a fun place to eat, hang out, and take pictures!

Approximately 10 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Buddy's Pizza is an independent pizza restaurant chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1946, Buddy's is one of the go-to places for Detroit Style pizza. Buddy's has been called one of the five best pizzerias in the United States by the Food Network.

Approximately 30 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

Grab a beer at Megan's favorite bar in the couple's hometown!

Approximately 30 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

In the roaring twenties, Detroit fueled prohibition and an entrepreneurial spirit that didn't follow the rules. A century later, eight childhood friends started a small distillery to make alcohol the old fashion way.

Detroit City Distillery creates small batch artisanal whiskey, gin and vodka using the finest local ingredients sourced directly from farms near our distillery and tasting room located in Detroit's famed Eastern Market. The result is a drink of distinction made for the revolutionaries rewriting the history of a great American city.

Approximately 5 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

In adorable Downtown Plymouth, Pizza e Vino is Michigan's first restaurant to be certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (VPN) of Naples, Italy. We strictly adhere to the regulations set forth not only by the VPN, but also by long-standing Italian tradition. Highly recommended by the Maid of Honor.

Approximately 5 minute drive from Hilton Garden Inn

The Ebenezer is downtown Plymouth’s first and only speakeasy, and one of the few in the Metro Detroit area. Hidden in plain view off Fleet Street and nestled in the basement of the former First National Bank of Plymouth (now occupied by Greek Islands Eatery), its moniker comes from Ebenezer J. Penniman, the first to be appointed president of the bank in 1871. While the tellers, loan officers, and deposit slips are long gone, the former vault still exists as the bar’s private tasting room, equipped with lockers for members and an ambiance reminiscent of the roaring 1920’s mixed in and elegantly spun with today’s 2020 vibe that can be felt throughout the entire space. The Ebenezer encompasses over 4,000 square feet with a capacity of 127 serving craft cocktails, wine, craft beer and a small menu of shareable plates. Highly recommended by the Maid of Honor.

Ample options of things to do and food and drink to enjoy, a short drive from the Hilton Garden Inn.