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All About "Around the Town"

The Around the Town blog contains metro area events that either we've (the bloggers) attended in the past, would like to attend, plan to attend or just sound interesting. It is not a complete event calender or is focused on only events that take place in the county. Read more.

Cars & Guitars: 2009 Version

20 Cars - 50 Guitars and a whole lot more. All new for 2009 May 16-September 7 Rock Stars’ Cars & Guitars Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Michigan Featuring: Pete Townshend’s 1956 Lincoln and smashed Rickenbacker guitar sculpture Snoop Dogg’s...

Published 05-15-2009 3:27 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Cars, Museum, Dearborn, Guitars
Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, you can stand on the bridge of a Great Lakes freighter, Touch the anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Look through a periscope and see many exhibits on life in the Great Lakes surrounding Michigan. One of my memories...

Published 03-26-2009 5:11 AM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Detroit, Museum, ships and boats, belle isle, history
Buckle Up! (for a roadtrip!!!)

You've lived all your life in the metro area, but do you know what happens inside an auto factory? Find out at the Ford Rouge Factory Tour , which is a museum style tour of both the history and the actual happenings inside an assembly plant. The tour...

Published 03-11-2009 1:23 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Museum, Automobiles, Dearborn, Factory Tour
Cars, Trees & Traditions

Saturday, November 15 - Tuesday, December 30 A holiday exhibition looking back at celebrations from the early 1900s - 1980s featuring 20 vignettes highlighting evergreen trees accurately decorated in holiday fashion, paired with Chrysler vehicles of the...

Published 11-03-2008 4:16 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Cars, Museum, Walter P. Chrysler, Auburn Hills
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Just what is Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum? Is it an arcade, a museum, someone's overgrown collection of junk pile relics. Or is it a paradise of mechanical treasures? The say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and these eyes find this...

Published 10-10-2008 12:46 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Museum, Arcade, Farmington Hills
The Witch's Hat

The Queen Anne Depot in South Lyon was given the name "The Witch's Hat" by its distinctive roof line. Built in 1909, it was moved to it's current location in McHattie park in 1976. It serves as the centerpiece of the Witch's Hat...

Published 09-29-2008 4:58 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Museum, Park, South Lyon
6th Annual Acorn Tour

For those of you owning a truly classic vehicle and would like to join other auto enthusiasts on a exclusive fall driving tour, the Acorn Tour is right up your tree. This event hosted by the Walter P Chrysler Museum starts off with a continental breakfast...

Published 09-22-2008 3:42 PM by Chris Stinson

Filed under: Oakland County, Driving Tour, Museum, Car

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Cars & Guitars: 2009 Version

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Buckle Up! (for a roadtrip!!!)

Cars, Trees & Traditions

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

The Witch's Hat

6th Annual Acorn Tour