An interesting tidbit about the city of Detroit, MI is that there is a huge salt mine underneath the city. The mine is located 1,200 feet beneath Detroit’s surface, spreading out more than 1,500 acres, and has over 100 miles of underground roads. The existence of rock salt in the Detroit area was discovered in […]
I never realized that the city of Detroit has bid many times to host the Olympic games. They bid on the Summer Olympics 7 times – in 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Their best chance of securing the Olympics was in 1968. Detroit was selected over Los Angeles, by the USOC, in […]
We went to the auto show in Detroit today. The very first Detroit Auto Show was held in 1899 at the Light Guard Armory. It was organized by the Tri-State Sportsman’s and Automobile Association. This first show featured major attractions of big-game trophies bagged in Africa and an exhibit of fishing tackle, hunting equipment and […]
