Detroit Opera House

The Detroit Opera House is a beautifully decorated building located at 1526 Broadway Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. This 2,700-seat building is where the Detroit Opera performs and where many other events take place. The theater was originally designed by C.

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Cranbrook Educational Community

The Cranbrook Educational Community is an educational, research, and public museum complex located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was established in the early 20th century by George Gough Booth, a wealthy businessman, and his wife, Ellen Scripps Booth. The community includes Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook House and Gardens, and the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

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Cranbrook Academy of Art

The Cranbrook Academy of Art is a graduate school for architecture, art, and design. It was started in 1932 by George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. It is part of the Cranbrook Educational Community.

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Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House is a large home located at 1100 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Shores, northeast of Detroit, Michigan. It is situated on a site called “Gaukler Point,” which is on the shore of Lake St. Clair.

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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford, also called the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Greenfield Village, and the Edison Institute, is a history museum in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, located in Metro Detroit. The museum’s collection includes the presidential limousine used by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln’s chair from Ford’s Theatre, Thomas Edison’s laboratory, the Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop, the bus ridden by Rosa Parks, and many other historical items.

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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford, also called the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Greenfield Village, and Edison Institute, is a history museum located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, which is part of Metro Detroit. The museum has many important items on display, including the presidential limousine used by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln’s chair from Ford’s Theatre, Thomas Edison’s laboratory, the Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop, the bus that Rosa Parks rode on, and other historical exhibits.

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Detroit Historical Museum

The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the Cultural Center Historic District, which is in Midtown Detroit. The museum tells the story of the Detroit area, including cobblestone streets, 19th-century stores, car assembly lines, toy trains, and fur trading from the 1700s. It also covers many other important events in the region’s history.

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Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is an art museum located in midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is one of the largest and most important art museums in the country. The museum has over 100 galleries and covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m²).

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Detroit Zoo

The Detroit Zoo is located in the cities of Huntington Woods and Royal Oak in the state of Michigan, United States. It covers 125 acres (50.6 hectares) and is home to over 2,000 animals from more than 200 different species. The zoo was the first in the United States to have habitats without bars.

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List of Underground Railroad sites

The list of Underground Railroad sites includes safe places where people helped enslaved individuals in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. These sites also include places connected to people who worked to help all Americans gain their freedom in the movement to end slavery in the United States. The list of officially confirmed Underground Railroad and Network to Freedom sites is organized by state or province and by location.

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