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Downtown Ferndale (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~0.52 miles from Ferndale city center
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Downtown Royal Oak (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~2.34 miles from Ferndale city center
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Detroit Zoo
Marion MI
~2.48 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Detroit Zoological Park, commonly known as the Detroit Zoo, is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Detroit city limits at the intersection of Woodward Avenue, 10 Mile Road, and Interstate 696 in Royal Oak and Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA. The Detroit Zoological Society, 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.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Detroit MI
~4.83 miles from Ferndale city center
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1970--Edwin Hawkins and choir, Pentecostal, recorded "Oh Happy Day"; it was the start of "Contemporary Gospel," Oakland, California.
Gospel songs with a modern music tempo. The Gospel Hall of Fame and Museum honors such events and participants in the history of Gospel Music.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Downtown Berkley (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~4.93 miles from Ferndale city center
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Downtown Clawson (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~5.51 miles from Ferndale city center
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Downtown Hamtramck (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~5.81 miles from Ferndale city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
New Center (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~6.50 miles from Ferndale city center
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The New Center is a commercial district located in Detroit, Michigan, approximately three miles (5 km) north of the city's downtown, and one mile (1.6 km) north of the Cultural Center. The area is centered just west of the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Grand Boulevard, and is approximately bounded by Virginia Park Historic District on the north, the Ford Freeway on the south, John R. on the east and the Lodge Freeway on the west.
The heart of the New Center was developed in the 1920s as a business hub that would offer convenient access to both downtown resources and outlying factories. Some historians believe that the New Center may be the original edge city—a sub-center remote from, but related to, a main urban core.[1] The descriptor "New Center" derived its name from the New Cent...
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Motown Historical Museum
Detroit MI
~6.76 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Motown sound was born in two simple houses under the sign HITSVILLE U.S.A., and American music has never been the same. See the original control room and studio (with linoleum worn through by tapping feet) where the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, and many others made gold records from 1959 to 1972. Also on display are costumes worn by the famous performers and Berry Gordy's apartment, left just the way it was in the 1960s when artists packed their records for shipment throughout the country. Allow 1 hour.
Hours Tues-Sat 10am-6pm; Mon-Sat 10am-6pm in summer
Address
2648 W. Grand Blvd
Phone 313/875-2264
Web site www.motownmuseum.com
Prices Admission $10 adults, $8 seniors and children 12 and under
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Downtown Birmingham (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~7.38 miles from Ferndale city center
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Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit MI
~7.56 miles from Ferndale city center
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Established in 1921, the Detroit Historical Society’s mission is to educate and inspire our community and visitors by preserving and portraying our region’s shared history through dynamic exhibits and experiences. The Society is responsible for the overall management and operations of the Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, and a Collection of more than 200,000 artifacts.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Cultural Center (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~7.65 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Cultural Center Historic District is, as its name asserts, the heart of Detroit's intellectual and artistic life. Straddling Woodward Avenue, the district is formed by three early 20th century buildings: on the east side stands the Detroit Public Library; on the west are the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building. This layout originated in a 1913 plan based on the principles of the City Beautiful movement which advocated the clustering of important public buildings.
The Public Library had been located in two other places before it moved into its elegant new home in 1921. Its architect was Cass Gilbert, noted for the Minnesota State Capitol and the Woolworth Building, who wanted his building to "create an environment of scholarship and refinem...
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave Detroit MI - 313-833-7900
~7.66 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally-owned museum in the United States with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars. With over 100 galleries, it now covers 677,000 square feet (62,893 m²), a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 added 77,000 sq. ft. (7,153 m²). The museum building itself is highly regarded by architects.[3] Its original building, designed by Paul Cret, is flanked by north and south wings covered with a white marble exterior. It is part of the city's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Its first painting was d...
http://www.dia.org
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Detroit Science Center
Detroit MI
~7.78 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Detroit Science Center is a hands-on museum that inspires its visitors to pursue and support careers in engineering, technology and science.
The Science Center features Michigan’s only Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre; the Dassault Systèmes Planetarium; the DTE Energy Sparks Theater; the Chrysler Science Stage; an 8,700 square-foot Science Hall for traveling exhibits; hands-on exhibit galleries focusing on space, life and physical science; the United States Steel Fun Factory; an exhibit gallery just for pint-size scientists; and a Special Events Lobby.
The museum has served more than 2.1 million visitors since its grand re-opening on July 28, 2001. It is one of the 10 largest science museums in the country.
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit MI
~7.79 miles from Ferndale city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Midtown Detroit (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~8.22 miles from Ferndale city center
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Midtown Detroit is an area roughly two square miles between Downtown Detroit to the south and New Center to the north. Its boundaries are the Ford, Chrysler, Fisher, and Lodge Freeways. It includes the Art Center and the Medical Center in the northeast quadrant, Wayne State University's campus, the Detroit Public Library, and the Detroit Historical Museum in the northwest, and the Cultural Center including various restaurants, galleries, newly constructed lofts/condos and nightlife venues along Woodward in the center, among other things. This area includes Brush Park, Brewster-Douglass housing projects, and the Cass Corridor.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
The Majestic Theatre
Detroit MI
~8.25 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Majestic Theater is a theater located at 4126-4140 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The Majestic Theater, designed by C. Howard Crane, opened on April 1, 1915. The theater originally seated 1,651 people (at the time the largest theater in the world built for the purpose of showing movies), and the facade was designed in an arcaded Italian style. In 1934, the front 35 feet of the theater were removed when Woodward Avenue was widened to its present size. The entire facade was redesigned into its current striking Art Deco motif. The theater now boasts the largest enameled metal panel Art Deco facade in the Detroit metropolitan region.
The theater eventually closed, and the building was used as a church for a time,...
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Cass Corridor (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~8.42 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Cass Corridor, in Detroit, Michigan, is carved out of the shell regions of what was once a thriving downtown area. The corridor's main street is Cass Avenue, which runs parallel with Woodward Avenue, a main Detroit artery running north towards suburban neighborhoods. Though Cass runs from Congress Street, ending a few miles further north at West Grand Boulevard, the Cass Corridor generally is defined as between I-75 at its southern end and Wayne State University to the north, and stretches from Woodward to the east and Third Street to the west.
Significant landmarks include the Detroit Masonic Temple (the world's largest building of its kind), Cass Technical High School and the Metropolitan Institute for High Technology are all located along Cass.
Culturally, the Cass Corridor is a s...
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Detroit Symphony
Detroit MI
~8.46 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is a leading American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan whose performances are heard throughout the world. The orchestra is the fourth oldest in the United States. Its main performance center is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood.
The DSO is currently heard by one million listeners a week on the nationwide broadcast, the General Motors' "Mark of Excellence" radio series. Its live concert series is attended by 450,000 people a year and includes a series of free educational concerts for children begun in 1926.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Warrendale (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~8.88 miles from Ferndale city center
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Warrendale is one of Detroit's largest neighborhoods. Its approximate borders are Joy Road to the north, Ford Road to the south, Greenfield road to the east and the Rouge River to the west. Warrendale borders the communities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights and is composed of bungalows dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. A large influx of Arab immigrants throughout the twentieth century have also contributed to the character of the neighborhood and the types of businesses found along its main street Warren Avenue. Rouge Park runs through part of Warrendale. Located on each side of the Rouge River, the park has a large picnic area, a playground and swimming pool.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Eastern Market (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~8.89 miles from Ferndale city center
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Detroit's Eastern Market is a must-see sight to behold. An eclectic array of merchants, unique shops and restaurants, the market has been supporting local vendors since 1891. It offers an abundance of locally grown food, fresh baked goods and art to the variety of shoppers that travel downtown each Saturday. See for yourself the treasures you can find at this historic Detroit setting.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Fox Theater Building
Detroit MI
~9.21 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Fox Theatre is a 1928 movie palace and performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Grand Circus Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Located within the Detroit Theater District, the Fox has 5,048 seats, (5,174 seats if removable seats placed in the raised orchestra pit are included). It is the second largest theatre in the country after the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The Fox was fully restored in 1988. The facility has the headquarters of Olympia Entertainment and Little Caesars.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Ford Field - Detroit Lions
Detroit MI
~9.26 miles from Ferndale city center
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Ford Field is an indoor football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan, USA that is the current home field of the NFL's Detroit Lions. It is across the street from Comerica Park. It regularly seats 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for basketball. The naming rights were paid for by Ford at $40 million over 20 years; the Ford family (including Lions owner William Clay Ford, Sr.) holds a controlling interest in the company.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Comerica Park - Detroit Tigers
Detroit MI
~9.26 miles from Ferndale city center
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Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000. Comerica Park is located next door to Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions.
The park is named after a corporate sponsor, Comerica Bank, which was based in Detroit at the time the park opened, and which paid for the naming rights. Comerica's headquarters have since been moved to Dallas, Texas, but the bank still retains a large presence in Detroit
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Oakland Hills Country Club
3951 W Maple Rd Bloomfield Hills MI
~9.28 miles from Ferndale city center
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Oakland Hills Country Club is a private golf club in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan. It has hosted many prestigious professional golf tournaments throughout its history. The Oakland Hills grounds crew maintains two courses, designating the North and South Course. The South Course has hosted all of the tournaments played at Oakland Hills (one round of the 2002 U.S. Amateur was played on the North Course).
In 1916, Printer Joseph Mack (who was also Henry Ford's ad-man and Norval Hawkins, the accountant and first sales manager for Ford), purchased a parcel of farmland on Maple Road - 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Detroit in the Bloomfield Township. Construction began in 1917. Mack was elected as the first president of the club.
The course is included in the Links series.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Corktown (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~9.37 miles from Ferndale city center
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Corktown is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, although the city of Detroit is twice as old. The current boundaries of the current district include Michigan Avenue to the north, the Lodge Freeway to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the south, and Rosa Parks/12 Street to the west. The buildings of the Corktown Historic District are largely private residences, although some Michigan Avenue commercial buildings are open to the public. The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Detroit Opera House
Detroit MI
~9.38 miles from Ferndale city center
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The Detroit Opera House is an opera house located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the venue for all Michigan Opera Theatre productions and it hosts a variety of other events. It opened on January 22, 1922.
The building is located at 1526 Broadway Street and was originally designed by C. Howard Crane, having created other prominent Detroit theaters such as The Fillmore Detroit, Fox Theater and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Orchestra Hall, the latter noted for its acoustic perfection.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Troy
Auburn Hills MI
~9.57 miles from Ferndale city center
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Troy is an affluent city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,959 at the 2000 census, making it the 12th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the second-largest city in Oakland County after Farmington Hills. Troy has become a business and shopping destination in the Metro Detroit area, with numerous office centers and the upscale Somerset Collection mall.
Troy was recently ranked the 5th safest city in the nation, as well as the safest in Michigan. In 2008, Troy was ranked 22nd on a list of "Best Places to Live" in the United States by CNN Money, using criteria including housing, quality of education, economic strength, and recreational opportunities. In 2008, Troy ranked as the fourth most affordable U.S. city with a med...
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Downtown Detroit (Neighborhood)
Detroit MI
~9.58 miles from Ferndale city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Ferndale
Casinos
Detroit MI
~9.60 miles from Ferndale city center
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