Detroit's Hidden History Guided Walking Tour

Name: Detroit's Hidden History Guided Walking Tour
Brand: Viator
Price: 35 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (75 reviews)

4.9(75)1 Std. 30 Min.EnglischBuche 4 Stunden im VorausDetroit, Vereinigte Staaten

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Ready to venture beyond the history books and uncover the hidden past of Detroit? Join our historian-led, 90-minute tour and dive into the Motor City’s most gripping tales—stories that shaped a legend, told as you stroll through North America’s most stunning architectural gems.

- Intimate small-group atmosphere and plenty of time for questions - Tour is perfect for history buffs and first-time visitors - Walking tour lets you get to know the city intimately - Hear 8 unique historical stories from Detroit’s past

For those hungry for more, an optional 30-minute extension reveals Detroit’s strangest and most enigmatic legends—mysteries that linger in the shadows, waiting to be explored.

Inbegriffen

Stories to fascinate and delight
A knowledgeable local guide
Well researched history

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Gratuity for the guide

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Grand Circus Park
Woodward Ave, Detroit, United States
Our tour begins at Grand Circus Park, in the center of Downtown Detroit. We will introduce our tour and familiarize you to one of the most impressive bearded statues in Detroit. We will also discuss potatoes.
10 Min
Michigan Theater Building
220 Bagley St, Detroit, United States
When a relentless tinkerer rolled his first horseless carriage out of a Detroit garage, he couldn’t have foreseen the revolution he’d ignite. Henry Ford crowned Detroit the Motor City—but did his legacy also sow the seeds of its unraveling?
7 Min
When Thornton Blackburn and his wife arrived in Detroit they probably assumed the worst was behind them
Little did they know a slave hunter was hot on their trail and the ensuing struggle for freedom would push a city already on the edge into destruction.
7 Min
Campus Martius Park
800 Woodward Ave, Corner of Michigan Avenue, Detroit, United States
Augustus Brevoort Woodward was nobody’s idea of normal – naming himself after a Roman Emperor was just one example – but he had a vision to turn Detroit into the greatest city in the world. Unfortunately the most powerful men in Michigan had other ideas.
7 Min
The Spirit of Detroit
2 Woodward Ave, Detroit, United States
When Detroit’s own Joe Louis faced off against the undefeated German Max Schmeling in their second iconic bout, Americans—Black and White alike—saw more than a boxing match: it was a clash of freedom against fascism. Fewer know what unfolded after the final bell, when a rivalry became one of sports history’s most unexpected and enduring friendships.
7 Min

Treffpunkt und Abholung

4 Orte

Abholungsdetails

We meet at Grand Circus Park on Woodward Ave, right across from the People Mover Station. Your guide will be waiting at the stone pillar at the corner of Woodward and Park Ave.