Detroit roots · Stories without borders
Follow the subject that makes you curious. Start in Detroit, explore Michigan, and discover how one place’s story opens onto a wider world.
River trade, stoves, foundries, and the industries that came before the Motor City.
Explore the story →Piquette, Highland Park, factory communities, and Michigan in motion.
Explore the story →Excursion boats, Ontario island memories, and a Detroit River civil-rights story.
Explore the story →Sarah Elizabeth Ray, Rosa Parks, Black Bottom, and the people behind the places.
Explore the story →Five lakes, working waterfronts, migration, and connections across borders.
Explore the story →Copper Country, iron towns, Indigenous histories, and Lake Superior connections.
Explore the story →Main streets, neighborhoods, ports, and communities across Michigan.
Explore the story →Read the architecture of Detroit, Pontiac, and communities throughout the state.
Explore the story →The places that shaped memory, from Hudson’s to the Silverdome.
Explore the story →Travel into Chicago and Indianapolis through original HLC films.
Explore the story →Research, buying, restoration planning, and district approvals.
Explore the story →Continue through the wider film archive as the collection grows.
Explore the story →The HLC history scavenger hunt
Choose a topic, open a related story, and find the answer. Each clue leads to another page or film. Your progress stays in this browser—no account required.
Choose your scavenger huntKeep Detroit at the center, then move through Southeast Michigan, the rest of Michigan, and across state lines. The county explorer opens every county and the communities named in our source inventory.
History Loves Company 35 W Huron St #100, Pontiac, Mi, 48342
400 S Old Woodward Ave Ste 100
Birmingham MI 48009
History Loves Company 35 W Huron St #100, Pontiac, Mi, 48342
400 S Old Woodward Ave Ste 100
Birmingham MI 48009