Motorcities Tour

The Motorcities Tour celebrates the automotive heritage in and around Detroit, Michigan.

Understand
"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business"

- Henry Ford

The MotorCities National Heritage Area was designated by US Congress in 1998.

Get in
The American Industry Tour showcases the Industrial Revolution, beginning in colonial Massachusetts, going on through New York City and Pittsburgh. It is a good introduction to the 20th century motor industry.

Destinations




Go next

 * The automotive industry continues onto Canada's beaten-path Windsor-Quebec Corridor with largely the same companies. Windsor is directly south of Detroit; there's a Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village near Kingsville. Oshawa, some 260 miles (415km) to the east, offers a Canadian Automotive Museum; General Motors entered the Canadian market by acquiring Col. Sam MacLaughlin's motor works in that city.


 * American Industry Tour westward to Chicago and Route 66.
 * Automotive history