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The Great Lakes · American landmarks · Preservation

Rooted here. Following the story outward.

Explore Chicago, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Dayton, Rochester, New York, Louisville, Kansas City, and Topeka, then follow HLC’s films and writing across the Great Lakes and beyond. Rooted in Detroit, our growing collection crosses state lines through the buildings, people, and ideas that connect places.

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Beyond Michigan · City history guides

Fifteen cities. More ways into the story.

Fifteen city guides connect HLC’s films and writing with places to explore, credited photographs, visitor information, and sources for further research.

Illinois

Chicago

From the Palmer House and a former public library to Pullman’s factory town and Black labor history.

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Indiana

Indianapolis

Follow a capital’s street plan into the Walker building, historic homes, preservation, and local collections.

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New York

Buffalo

Follow the canal, SS Columbia’s Detroit connection, Black cultural institutions, and the Buffalo History Museum.

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Ohio

Cleveland

The Cuyahoga, Carl Stokes, Betty Klaric, West Side Market, and the records behind a city’s changing reputation.

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Ohio

Toledo

Glassmaking experiments, a Michigan-built freighter, Auto-Lite workers, and Old West End house records.

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Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Carrie ironmaking, Homestead labor conflict, August Wilson’s neighborhood, and Mon Valley archives.

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Wisconsin

Milwaukee

City Hall, Bay View workers, Vel Phillips, the open housing marches, and the records inside Central Library.

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Ohio

Cincinnati

Union Terminal, Winold Reiss mosaics, the Freedom Center, and the Stowe House’s two interpreted eras.

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Missouri

St. Louis

Dred and Harriet Scott, Virginia Minor, Eads Bridge, and the changing Mississippi riverfront.

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Minnesota

Minneapolis

St. Anthony Falls, milling labor, the Washburn explosion, Stone Arch Bridge, and the preservation of Mill City.

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Ohio

Dayton

The Wrights’ workshops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Huffman Prairie, and the regional response to the 1913 flood.

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New York

Rochester, New York

High Falls, Frederick Douglass’s newspaper and 1852 speech, Susan B. Anthony, and local archives.

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Kentucky

Louisville

The Ohio River canal, Water Tower, Southern Exposition, Western Branch Library, and Muhammad Ali’s public commitments.

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Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Hannibal Bridge, Union Station, jazz and baseball at 18th and Vine, Belvidere Hollow, and house-history records.

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Kansas · American Ride

Topeka

Monroe School, the organized campaign behind Brown v. Board of Education, preservation, archaeology, and Capitol murals.

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Across state lines · The Midwest

Chicago and Indianapolis. The next places to begin.

Take HLC’s storytelling approach beyond Michigan: enter a place, ask how it came to be, and look for the people behind the familiar image.

Chicago · Illinois

The Chicago Hotel That Burned 13 Days After Opening

Explore the Palmer House story with Chris: the original hotel’s loss in the Great Chicago Fire and the rebuilding that followed. This film opens HLC’s Chicago collection.

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Indianapolis · Indiana

Indianapolis Before It Became the Racing Capital of America

Look beyond the racing reputation. Chris explores Indianapolis through its history, architecture, and the relationship between progress and preservation.

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Michigan & New York

Detroit and New York, connected by rail.

Grand Central and Michigan Central

Explore HLC’s comparison of two landmark stations and the architectural connections between Detroit and New York.

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The Great Lakes connection

A Detroit story reaches Buffalo.

The SS Columbia carries Detroit’s Boblo memories into a preservation story that extends beyond Michigan. Our written feature follows that connection while distinguishing Columbia’s history from the separate story of the Ste. Claire.

Written feature · Michigan & New York

SS Columbia: Detroit and Buffalo

Read the sourced feature about the vessel, its passengers, civil rights history, and the preservation journey.

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Connected starting point

Detroit and the river

Return to the city where the Boblo story meets the broader history of the waterfront.

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Help us follow the connections

Your Great Lakes story

Suggest a port, a vessel, a neighborhood, or a family archive that could open the next chapter.

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Three paths outward

Build the next chapter around the story.

01 · Great Lakes & Midwest

Waterways and working cities.

Follow the boats, ports, industries, and communities that connect Michigan with its neighbors. Start with the Chicago and Indianapolis films, then follow the Great Lakes connection.

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02 · United States

Architecture and movement.

Compare landmarks and follow the people and ideas behind them. Begin with Detroit and New York’s railroad architecture.

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03 · North America & beyond

Preservation across borders.

Bring us a documented place, a local perspective, or a connection to a story already in the archive. Help shape where HLC goes next.

Suggest a place or collaborator →

New places join this collection as HLC films and research are ready. Follow the Midwest into the wider United States, then North America and stories around the world.

History Loves Company

Keep following the story.

Watch the films, read They Lied to Us About Detroit, and meet HLC in person at The Foundry in downtown Pontiac.

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Share a place or memory Explore historic homes

Rooted here. Following the story outward.