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Founded in 1974, the beautiful Chateau Grand Traverse Winery and Vineyards produces the best wines. Every year it is packed with tourists who come to taste the excellent wine here. owned and operated boutique winery this vineyard is 100% European vinifera vineyards and state-of-the-art wine making facilities have produced national and international award-winning wines. You find a wide selection wines that are consistent in quality and value. The traverse also has wine tasting room facilities around the city area including the Main Winery Tasting Room, Williamsburg Tasting Room, and Peppercorn in downtown Traverse City. Winery tours available May-October.

Fisher Mansion that serves as learning centre for the Krishna Community was completed in 1927. It has the Moorish/Spanish exterior and a vintage Hollywood interior. It also houses a gourmet vegetarian restaurant, Govinda's. Placed on the Lenox Avenue, on the banks of the River Detroit, the building has a Spanish touch to it. Costing a millions dollars the mansion features ornate stone and marble work, rare black walnut and rosewood parquet floors and more than 75 ounces of pure gold and silver leaf highlights on the ceilings and moldings.
Tours Timings: 12:30pm through 6pm. (Friday through Sunday)

A wonderful place for the kids, the science centre here offers learning with fun. There are science projects which the kids love to put their hands on. Established nearly 30 years back by the Detroit businessman and philanthropist Dexter Ferry, the New Detroit Science Centre was among the first centers for scientific exploration and learning in the country to include an IMAX® Dome Theatre. It is actually the only IMAX theatre in Michigan shows a large format film which is quite popular amongst the locals here. The centre also has an exhibit floor and program plan where the visitors are encouraged hands-on interaction, exploration and study of science and technology.

Located on Grand Blvd, the museum was established in the early 1960. This old brick house was where the Motown sound originated and now it houses the museum. The world's greatest entertainers like Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, and Stevie Wonder began their careers from here. As you walk in the galleries recently renovated contains a variety of musical instruments, photographs, artifacts original studio and control room. The other displays here include the control room that has all the advanced equipments for the recording purposes. The large studio here has good acoustics.
All in all this museum located at Hitville USA, is the original home of Motown records from 1959-1972. The artifacts here tell the Motown story.

This skate park provides an extremely safe environment for the kids. Creating challenging atmosphere the professionals as well as the kids can go in for skating in a complete safe environment. Skaters of all ages come here. Open daily for all levels from beginners to advanced. Party room, 7 ft launch into a foam pit, 9.5 foot half pipe, 6 foot spine and much more.

This aquarium is North America's oldest aquarium. With more than 59 exhibits the aquarium holds 1,500 individual animals of 140 species. It is known for its freshwater stingray and electric eel exhibits. Established in 1904 it is a beautiful 1000-acre park that has 32, 000 gallons of water. Some of species here are endangered, threatened, or already extinct in the wild.
The Detroit River species such as trout, bass, pike, perch and walleye. The remaining exhibits are tropical freshwater and marine displays, including coral reef fish.
Endangered species exhibited include Charco La Palma pupfish, desert pupfish, green goodeids, blue-tailed goodeids, golden skiffia and Lake Victoria mouth brooders.
The place is also known for its successful breeding and rearing freshwater stingrays including the dwarf, checkerboard and occelated species. One of the most successful activity is the occelated stingray which has been raised through three generations.
The Aquarium is one of the most popular stop amongst the visitors here.

One of the largest history museums also called "Henry's Attic" has over 1.6 million visitors visiting the place annually. This museum was inspired by the extra ordinary achievements of ordinary people and it also explores some of the world's most fascinating national treasures and innovations. There are plenty of exhibits that explore Henry Ford's ideas. This place takes you back to the roots. Exhibits here include hay-powered horses to "horsepowered" autos, from early steam engines to automated assembly lines, from horse-drawn threshers and the toil of washboards to the amazing concept of mechanized chores, from a rough-hewn bench to the finest in upholstered furniture, right up to one of the world's most futuristic designs for a home.

Constructed during the days of King Solomon, this is one of the most famous temples during its times. It was built by King Solomon to express his gratitude to the God he worshipped and served. Being the largest Masonic Temple in the world it can seat 4,400 people, it has hosted many of the world's greatest entertainers for four generations. The interiors of the temple are quite charming. Done up by George D. Mason the temple has acoustically perfect surroundings that is one of the most significant factors of the temple.
It is quite unique amongst lots of Masonic buildings because all the of the various bodies are housed in the same structure. There are around twelve million cubic feet of space in all, making it the largest and most complete building of its kind in the world.