28 stops, two cities.
Everything on the route planner, with what each place is, why it is worth the stop and where to check hours. Add any of them to your route.
Windsor, Ontario
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The giant flag at Dieppe Gardens
Windsor’s riverfront lawn at the foot of Ouellette Avenue, under a giant Canadian flag.
Free public space
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Art Windsor-Essex
The region’s public art gallery, a block from the river.
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Adventure Bay Family Water Park
Indoor water park in the downtown aquatic centre. Good for a rest day with kids.
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Caesars Windsor
The casino and hotel towers on the riverfront, east of the flag.
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Walkerville and the Canadian Club Brand Centre
An optional ride east to the old distillery town and its Prohibition stories.
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Windsor Sculpture Park
Dozens of large outdoor sculptures along the Riverfront Trail, free and open all day.
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McKee Park lookout
A small riverside park right under the Ambassador Bridge, with the best close-up view of it.
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Olde Sandwich Towne
One of the oldest European settlements in Ontario, now a busy little main street.
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Detroit, Michigan
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Historic Fort Wayne
A star-shaped 1840s fort on the river, the first stop off the bridge on the Detroit side.
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Duly’s Place
A tiny old-school coney island diner on West Vernor. Order the coney.
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Mexicantown
Bakeries, taquerias and murals along Bagley Street and West Vernor.
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Michigan Central Station
Detroit’s grand 1913 train station, empty for decades and now restored.
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Motown Museum (Hitsville U.S.A.)
The house on West Grand Boulevard where Berry Gordy built Motown.
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Fisher Building
A 1928 Art Deco tower by Albert Kahn, with one of the finest lobbies in the country.
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Submerge and Exhibit 3000
The home of Detroit techno’s Submerge label, with a small museum inside.
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Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The brick factory where the first Model T was built in 1908.
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United Sound Systems
One of Detroit’s oldest recording studios, in a house on Second Avenue.
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Detroit Institute of Arts
One of the great American art museums, home of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry murals.
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Scarab Club
An artists’ club behind the DIA, with ceiling beams signed by visiting artists.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Contemporary art in a raw former car dealership on Woodward.
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Fox Theatre
A 1928 movie palace with a marquee you will see from blocks away.
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Mom’s Spaghetti
Eminem’s walk-up spaghetti shop, next to the Fox.
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Comerica Park
Home of the Detroit Tigers, with giant tiger statues at the gates.
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Ford Field
Home of the Detroit Lions, built into an old Hudson’s warehouse.
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Campus Martius Park
Detroit’s central square, with a beach in summer and a skating rink in winter.
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Hart Plaza
The riverfront plaza with the Dodge Fountain, the Underground Railroad memorial and a view back to Windsor.
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Renaissance Center and the RiverWalk
The glass towers on Detroit’s skyline, where the RiverWalk heads east.
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Tommy’s Detroit Bar & Grill
A sports bar in one of downtown’s oldest buildings, with a Prohibition past.
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Hours, prices and access change. Each stop links to its official site where one exists; check it before you plan around a visit. Private homes are not listed as stops.