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400 S Old Woodward Ave Ste 100
Birmingham MI 48009

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HISTORY LOVES COMPANY · WITH CHRIS HUBEL

Detroit and Michigan
history worth knowing.

Explore the buildings, neighborhoods and people behind the places we call home. Watch original history films, follow the stories in print, and discover your next stop with History Loves Company.

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They Lied to Us About Detroit by Chris Hubel — current book cover

HISTORY LOVES COMPANY · IN PRINT

Keep the story on your shelf.

Explore They Lied to Us About Detroit by Chris Hubel, coloring books and more HLC publications at The Foundry.

The Foundry
35 West Huron Street, Suite 101 · Pontiac, Michigan

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HISTORIC HOMES · DETROIT & SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

Every home has a story. Let’s discover yours.

Buying or selling an older home starts with understanding what makes it special. Explore historic architecture, neighborhood history and real-estate guidance with Chris Hubel.

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DETROIT · SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN · MICHIGAN

Start in Detroit. Keep exploring.

Original HLC films connect Detroit, Southeast Michigan, and the wider state.

Detroit skyline in a History Loves Company film

Bring a little history home.

Find books, coloring books, Boblo and Detroit history gifts, and Pontiac Built goods at The Foundry by History Loves Company.

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Detroit roots. A wider world.

Where will your curiosity take you?

Begin with the city before automobiles, follow the Motor City, or cross the river into Boblo memories. Every path opens another story.

Detroit before the automobile

River trade, stoves, foundries, and the industries that came before the Motor City.

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Motor City & automobiles

Piquette, Highland Park, factory communities, and Michigan in motion.

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Boblo Island

Excursion boats, Ontario island memories, and a Detroit River civil-rights story.

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Civil rights & community

Sarah Elizabeth Ray, Rosa Parks, Black Bottom, and the people behind the places.

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Great Lakes history

Five lakes, working waterfronts, migration, and connections across borders.

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Upper Peninsula

Copper Country, iron towns, Indigenous histories, and Lake Superior connections.

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Explore all history topics Search all 83 Michigan counties

Interactive history scavenger hunt

Choose an interest. Follow the clues.

Seven journeys connect stories and films across the website. Find three answers, save your progress, and see where the next story leads.

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Detroit → Southeast Michigan → Michigan

Start close. Keep exploring.

OUR STARTING POINT

Detroit

Explore historic neighborhoods, extraordinary buildings, and the people whose stories shaped the city.

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Historic commercial buildings in downtown Pontiac

PONTIAC & THE WIDER REGION

Southeast Michigan

Follow the story through Pontiac and the surrounding region, from neighborhood streets to The Foundry by History Loves Company.

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BOTH PENINSULAS

Michigan

Continue through Flint, Grand Rapids, Bay City, the Straits, and Copper Country. Find the places and people that make Michigan’s history worth keeping.

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Michigan image: Calumet & Hecla General Office, National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works.

FROM THE HLC ARCHIVE

The Latest Stories

Chris Hubel | History Loves Company I November 3, 2026

Detroit Had a Zoo on an Island. What Happened to It?

History Loves Company I November 1, 2026

Urban Renewal: The Government Program That Destroyed American Neighborhoods

History Loves Company I October 31, 2026

The Nain Rouge: Detroit's Red Devil and the Curse That Refuses to Die

History Loves Company I October 30, 2026

Eloise Asylum: The Forgotten History of Michigan's Lost City of the Sick

History Loves Company I October 29, 2026

The Collingwood Manor Massacre: The Detroit Murders That Destroyed the Purple Gang

A modest red-brick bungalow entry and warmly lit living-room window at dusk, with worn concrete steps and a late-autumn lawn.

October 29, 2026

Royal Oak's Holidays Shrank to Three Weekends. The Rink and the Zoo Cover the Weeks Between.

THE FOUNDRY BY HISTORY LOVES COMPANY

Watch the story.
Step inside it.

The Foundry is our physical home in downtown Pontiac’s historic Riker Building: a creator market, vintage mercantile, small-business incubator, podcast studio, and community gathering place.

35 W Huron Street, Suite 101 · Pontiac, Michigan

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The historic Riker Building, home of The Foundry in Pontiac

▶ Inside The Foundry · Watch on YouTube

GOOD STEWARDSHIP STARTS WITH GOOD PEOPLE

People who know old places.

Find the right next conversation for a historic property—from local real-estate expertise to specialist trades and restoration resources.

Explore HLC Approved Partners →Find historic contractors & vendors →

Contractors can apply for HLC review through the directory. Research listings are clearly distinguished from approved vendors.

STORIES WE KEEP

Keep the story going.

Detroit and Michigan history, new HLC films, architecture, preservation, and stories worth remembering—delivered every Sunday.

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HISTORIC HOMES WITH CHRIS HUBEL

Historic homes deserve a different kind of real estate.

A historic home is more than square footage and finishes. Architecture, craftsmanship, original details, restoration quality, neighborhood history, historic-district rules, and decades of changes can all affect both value and ownership. History Loves Company combines historic-home knowledge, modern representation, and story-driven marketing to help buyers and sellers understand the whole property.

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HISTORIC HOMES · LIVE LISTINGS

Find the next chapter.

Explore homes with history across Michigan. Open the live search for current listings, photographs, property details, and the places Chris knows best.

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THE STORYTELLER BEHIND HLC

Meet Chris Hubel.

History Loves Company began with a belief that the places around us become more meaningful when we understand their stories. Chris combines historic-home real estate, architecture, preservation, research, and documentary storytelling to explore Michigan's built environment — while helping people buy, sell, preserve, and understand the places that matter to them.

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KEEP EXPLORING

The story is just getting started.

Watch the films. Explore Michigan. Find a home with history. Read Stories We Keep. Or come visit History Loves Company in downtown Pontiac.

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Detroit and Michigan
history worth knowing.

Keep the story on your shelf.

Every home has a story. Let’s discover yours.

Start in Detroit. Keep exploring.

Detroit · The skyline and the promise

Southeast Michigan · Historic downtowns

Michigan · Stories across the state

Bring a little history home.