Detroit is the biggest city (but not the capital) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It's also known as Motor City, and has almost a million people living in it. Here are the three highlights:
1) The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex. Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana. The collection contains many rare exhibits including John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, and the Rosa Parks bus.
2) The Detroit Zoological Park, commonly known as the Detroit Zoo is a non-profit organization, operates both the Detroit Zoo and the Belle Isle Nature Zoo, located in the city of Detroit. The Detroit Zoological Society is responsible for the care and feeding of more than 1,800 vertebrates and 5,000 invertebrates representing over 270 species.
3) Campus Martius is a historic district and central gathering place which contains parks, Woodward Fountain, the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, and a large traffic circle surrounded by commercial and residential high-rises including 1001 Woodward Avenue. Since the traffic circles restoration and expansion, it has emerged as a central gathering spot downtown with a mainstage. Just down Woodward Avenue is another large circle and main gathering spot known as Grand Circus.
This is part 37 out of a series of 50. Next city tomorrow: St. Petersburg.
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The Detroit Zoo is indeed owned by the City of Detroit, however if you plan to visit, be advised that it is actually located in the City of Royal Oak at I696 and Woodward Avenue.
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