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Hipmunk Hotels: Midwest Hotels With a View in Wichita, Detroit, and More

March 31, 2016 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

When traveling in the Midwest, a hotel room with the best view of the city is always something that every traveler wants. It is a challenge to get the room you want when checking in because most of the time, the room you want is already taken. However, when traveling

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Henry Ford Museum – America’s Past and Future

October 23, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 4 Comments

If there’s one thing that you shouldn’t miss when visiting Detroit, it has to be the Henry Ford Museum. Even if you’re not a car enthusiast. After all, Detroit got its nickname, the Motor City, from the very industry that fueled America’s economy for many years. Ok, Henry Ford Museum

Diego Rivera Court Mural Detroit Institute of Arts DIA

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The Magnificent Diego Rivera Murals at Detroit Institute of Arts

October 9, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 4 Comments

Inside the Detroit Arts of Institute (aka DIA), one can find the magnificent Diego Rivera Murals spanning the whole court from top to bottom, from side to side, and from corner to corner. You don’t need to be an artist nor an art freak to understand what the massive murals

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Public Art in Detroit

October 7, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 1 Comments

Detroit, the Motown City, never runs out of public art. It’s everywhere. In every corner. In every street. I’m not talking about the ubiquitous graffiti the city is known for nowadays. I’m talking about these real public art that had been there even before the city lost its “Motor City”

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Heidelberg Project – When Trash Speaks Its Mind Through Art

September 30, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 9 Comments

It’s been proven anywhere—that trash can be recycled. It’s been known—that there’s money (and for some–food) in trash. There’s beauty in there, too. Then, there’s art. Even before Detroit is known as the city on the verge of bankruptcy, Heidelberg Project has been around for many years. Its existence has

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Motown Sound – A Detroit Legacy

September 28, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

One of Detroit’s nicknames is Motown City. It’s coined from the words, motor and town. The city isn’t just known as the birthplace of American cars but also of Motown sound, which is kind of soulful music with a distinct pop influence. It’s Detroit’s legacy. There’s a tour that leaves

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Beads Museum in Detroit – Window to African Culture and Arts

September 23, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 5 Comments

As soon as I settled in Detroit Hostel, I asked a staff on how to get to the Beads Museum. To my surprise, he didn’t know! He said, I was the first one who asked about such place which he never ever heard before. So, I showed him the address

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Detroit – Impressions and Realities

September 18, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 6 Comments

Detroit, Michigan used to be the fifth largest city in the USA— and now half the population has fled due to an economic collapse. The city is in the sad state of a financial emergency that prompted the local governance to file for bankruptcy two months ago but was stopped

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Windsor and Detroit – A Tale of Two Cities

July 16, 2013 KeepCalmAndWander 3 Comments

In a short visit, I have no tales to tell about these cities. But I have some photos to show. I’ve been to Windsor but I’ve never been to the city across it, Detroit, a US city known in its heydays as an industrial city that once synonymous to automobiles.