Things To Do

Ford Rouge Factory Tour

Greenfield Village

Great for kids!

Shinola Hotel Parker’s Alley

This is a cool area to do some shopping and walk around downtown Detroit. Parker's Alley is lined with specially-curated shopping options, and offers a mix of global brands and homegrown businesses that celebrate Detroit’s entrepreneurial spirit. While currently nestled in the city’s shopping district, its namesake honors a history long before the bustling storefronts of Woodward. Make sure to stop in Shinola Hotel for some food or a cocktail. This is one of Jen's favorite hotels downtown.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Experience the highlights of the DIA by taking a free guided tour of the museum.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The Wright museum holds the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture and history.

The Heidelberg Project

The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art environment that was developed by artist Tyree Guyton on Heidelberg Street, on Detroit’s east side. The Heidelberg Project also promotes urban revitalization and the arts through tours, a shop, and the Young Adults of Heidelberg program. This is a cool place to take photos and learn the culture of Detroit.

Cafe D'Mongos Speakeasy

Dive bar, funky fun dive bar.

Detroit City Distillery and The Tasting Room

Checkout the 1.5 hour tour and tasting! Detroit City Distillery creates small batch artisanal whiskey, gin and vodka using the finest local ingredients sourced directly from farms near the distillery and tasting room located in Detroit's famed Eastern Market.

Casino Avenue

Into Casinos? MGM Grand Detroit Casino, Greektown Casino, and MotorCity Casino are fun places to hang out!

Ford's Garage Dearborn

A great place for casual American cuisine and craft beer. You must get the giant funnel tower of jumbo piston onion rings!

Bad Luck Bar

Upscale, imaginative cocktails made with rare & unusual liquors in posh, intimate surrounds.

American Coney Island vs. Lafayette Coney Island

Gust Keros came to Detroit from Greece and started American Coney Island. In 1924, his brother William came to help run the business. But when a storefront was available next door to American Coney Island, William grabbed at the opportunity to open his own shop, Lafayette Coney Island. Both restaurants have stayed put side by side on Lafayette street for the better part of a hundred years. Grab yourself a Vernors and a couple of coney dogs... This is a Detroit staple.

Buddy's Pizza

The best Detroit style pizza. We have been going to Buddy's forever. If you're a ranch person, make sure to get sides of their homemade ranch. Also order their Italian antipasti salad. For dessert you must get the Sanders hot fudge cream puff!

Henry Ford Estate

Fair Lane was the beloved home of Clara and Henry Ford from 1915 until their deaths in 1950 and 1947, respectively. One of the first historic sites to be designated a National Historic Landmark, the architectural style is an eclectic mix of English castle and prairie style, mixing European grandeur and Midwestern charm. Esteemed landscape architect Jens Jensen designed the grounds and gardens. Take a tour and explore!

Fisher Building

Discover why the Fisher Building is known as “Detroit’s Largest Art Object.” The 441-foot tower is one of the greatest works by legendary architect Albert Kahn with its three-story arcade adorned with spectacular frescoes, mosaics, marble and brass.

Guardian Building

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum

As the birthplace of the Ford Model T car, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is recognized as one of the most significant automotive heritage sites in the world.

Greektown

Located in the heart of downtown Detroit, Greektown has a heartbeat of it's own. The many restaurants, shops, and Greektown Casino make up about 3 or 4 blocks of a great day or night time experience.

Eastern Market

Eastern Market is the largest historic public market district in the United States. You go here to shop the surrounding businesses, eat, drink, and look at art!

Detroit International Riverfront / Cullen Plaza

Cullen Plaza is home to many of the east riverfront’s most popular highlights, including the lovely Cullen Family Carousel, an in-laid granite map of the Detroit River, a standing glass sculptured map of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a children’s playscape, playful fountains and lush landscaping. Also located at Cullen Plaza are the tantalizing creations of the RiverWalk Café and Wheelhouse Detroit, a bike shop offering bike rentals, tours, retail, and service.

Shelby

In Detroit’s Financial District, the 1920s US Mortgage Bond Building is home to an Australian-inspired coffee shop Coffee Down Under and Shelby – a secret speakeasy tucked away in the old bank vault. Designed by Detroit and Boston based architecture firm Primary Projects, Shelby’s interiors use motifs of early 20th-century banking to nod to the space’s past. The teller enclosures are transformed into a tiered, arcade-like back bar to display bottles. The material palette hints at the colours of money; a gold back bar (a repetitive bank teller pattern, built by Fillmore in Woodbridge), green velour banquette seats, and metallic fixtures. New terrazzo-style tables and bar tops match the restored floors. And the bank vault, which was operational until 1998, offers one of Detroit’s most unique dining experiences. The details shine in the inventive cocktails and culinary offerings you'll enjoy while sharing company inside a hidden gem of Detroit.

Outdoor Adventure Center

Located on Detroit’s riverfront in the historic Globe Building, the Outdoor Adventure Center gives you a taste of Michigan’s great outdoors in the heart of the city. Experience exciting outdoor adventures with hands-on activities, exhibits, simulators and more. This is a perfect place to bring your kids!

Rebecca's Family Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor

Jen has been coming here with her family since she was little. It is a hole in the wall restaurant right on main street in Northville, MI. This place has its walls filled with memorabilia and even a toy train that circles the dining room. This place is perfect for breakfast or lunch before or after the ceremony! Then take a walk down main street and look at all the historic buildings! Jen and Brad love the Sanders hot fudge sundaes and cream puffs.

Wagon Wheel Lounge

We promise you this place is a hole in the wall tavern that doesn't have good food or fancy cocktails... but this is where we would hang out with friends together back in 2013. This was the bar everyone would go to on Fridays and Saturdays. This place was the place where it all started... Have a few beers and enjoy playing some pool after the ceramony!

Automotive Hall of Fame

Exhibit galleries with permanent and changing exhibits on the early days of the automobile, the rise of the auto industry around the globe, and the beauty of auto styling and how it has changed every part of our daily lives.