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Applewood Estate
- 810-233-3835
- 1400, East Kearsley Street, East Village Neighborhood, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 48503, United States
Applewood Estate, also known as the Charles Stewart Mott House, is the former residence of Charles Stewart Mott. It was… Read More
Biddle House
- 906-847-3328
- 7406 Market St, Mackinac Island, MI, USA
Step into the home of Agatha and Edward Biddle, merchants who moved in around 1830. This was a time of… Read More
Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad
- 810-736-7100
- 6140 North Bray Road, Flint, MI, USA
The restored Genesee County community of 1860 to 1880 includes several residences and a number of craft shops. Read More
Dearborn Historical Museum
- 313-565-3000
- 915 South Brady Street, Dearborn, MI, USA
The museum consists of three buildings including the McFadden-Ross House that dates from the early 1800s. It is furnished in… Read More
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
- 313-884-4222
- 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, USA
The Fords built their home as a place where they could integrate their family's activities and interests with global business… Read More
Ella Sharp Museum of Art & History
- 517-787-2320
- 3225 4th Street, Jackson, MI, USA
Visitors are invited to tour Ella Sharp's 19th-century Hillside Farmhouse, the Dibble One-Room Schoolhouse, Eli Stilson's Log House and the… Read More
Fair Lane
- 313-668-3200
- 1 Fair Lane Drive, Dearborn, MI, USA
The Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane, a National Historic Landmark, is the former home of automaker Henry Ford and… Read More
Fort St. Joseph Museum
- 269-845-4054
- 508 East Main Street, Niles, MI, USA
The Fort St. Joseph Museum is located in the former carriage house of the beautiful Victorian period Chapin Mansion. The… Read More
Glensheen
- 218-726-8910
- 3300 London Road, Duluth, MN, USA
Glensheen, a historic estate on the shores of Lake Superior, offers a slice of turn-of-the-last-century opulence. Its 1908 collection is… Read More
Hackley and Hume Historic Site
- 231-722-278
- 484 W Webster Ave, Muskegon, MI, USA
This site preserves the homes of Muskegon's most famous lumber baron, Charles H. Hackley, and his business partner, Thomas Hume.… Read More
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
- 313-982-6001
- 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI, USA
Spread over 81 acres are some 80 historic homes, workplaces, and community buildings moved to the site from all over… Read More
Historic Charlton Park
- 269-945-3775
- 2545 S Charlton Park Rd, Hastings, MI, USA
The complex has 16 buildings in its recreated village, some original and others reconstructions. They are furnished in period. Read More
Historic Fayette Townsite
- 906-644-2603
- Fayette Historic State Park, II Road, Garden, MI, USA
This preserved ghost town was founded in 1866 by Jackson Iron Co manager Fayette Brown. The town thrived while there… Read More
Honolulu House
- 269-781-8544
- 107 N Kalamazoo Ave, Marshall, MI, USA
Built in 1860 by a chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who later became U.S. Consul to Hawaii. The… Read More
Huron City Museums
- 989-428-4123
- 7995 Pioneer Road, Port Austin, MI, USA
The museum complex has several restored buildings including the House of Seven Gables, the 1882 Victorian mansion of William Lyon… Read More
Jenison Museum
- 616-457-4398
- 28 Port Sheldon Street, Jenison, MI, USA
Take a journey back in time to the turn of the century. Explore the house built in 1902 for Margaret… Read More
Mann House
- 517-373-1359
- 205 Hanover Street, Concord, MI, USA
Not far from Michigan's urban centers is a small town where two sisters grew up in the late 19th century.… Read More
Meadow Brook
- 248-364-6200
- 350 Estate Drive, Rochester, MI, USA
Built in 1926, this 100 room Tudor mansion was the former home of Alfred and Matilda (Dodge) Wilson. Of special… Read More
Motown Historical Museum
- 313-875-2264
- 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI, USA
This old brick home is where Berry Gordy, Jr. Developed the "Motown" sound with artists such as Marvin Gaye, Smokey… Read More
Myer May House
- 616-246-4821
- 450 Madison Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Designed by America's most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Meyer May House was commissioned in 1908 by a prominent… Read More
Presque Isle County Historical Museum
- 989-734-4121
- 176 West Michigan Avenue, Rogers City, MI, USA
Located in the restored Bradley House, the museum has displays of Victorian and 1920s furnishings. Read More
Sand Point Lighthouse
- 906-789-6790
- Sand Point Lighthouse, Water Plant Road, Escanaba, MI, USA
Sandpoint Lighthouse is open to the public and it includes the keeper's house which is furnished in period. Read More
Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum
- 810-622-9946
- 228 South Ridge Street, Port Sanilac, MI, USA
The 1872 Loop-Harrison House, a restored Victorian home, contains most of its original furnishings. Also on display are medical instruments;… Read More
Stockton House Museum
- 810-882-1681
- 720, Ann Arbor Street, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 48503, United States
This Italianate home was built in 1872 by Civil War Colonel Thomas Baylis Whitmarsh Stockton and overlooks a natural spring… Read More
The John C. Blanchard House
- 616-527-4945
- 251 E Main St, Ionia, MI, USA
1880-81 home centered on a 1-acre lot, listed in both the National Register of Historic Places and the Michigan State… Read More
Theodore Roethke House
- 989-928-0430
- 1805 Gratiot Ave, Saginaw, MI 48602, USA
The childhood home of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Theodore Roethke is maintained by the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation (FOTR). Read More
Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center
- (517) 483-4220
- 100 East North Street, Lansing, MI, USA
The house was built by Lansing pioneer James Turner and his brother Charles in 1858. James was instrumental in helping… Read More
Waterloo Area Farm Museum
- 517-596-2254
- 13493 Waterloo Munith Road, Grass Lake, MI, USA
A visit to the Farm Museum and tour includes a complex of farm buildings including the restored ten-room Farmhouse dating… Read More
Whaley Historic House Museum
- 810-471-4714
- 624 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI, USA
Whaley House was the residence of the Robert J. and Mary McFarlan Whaley from 1885 to 1925. During Mr. Whaley's… Read More
William G. Thompson House Museum
- 517-448-8125
- William G Thompson House Museum & Gardens, 101, Summit Street, Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan, 49247, United States
The William G. Thompson House Museum was built in 1890 in the Queen Anne style in Hudson, Michigan. It was… Read More





























