Tours

Explore southeast Michigan and allow our region’s storied past to unfold!

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2012 Tour Schedule

Click on individual tour links for full details

Hometown History Tours also offers private walking and bus tours as well as step-on guide service. Contact us at: 734.642.5712 to discuss your needs.

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Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Tours

Metro Detroit

Sunday: July 8 / 1 pm – 4 pm / $40 Adult, $25 Youth / Advance registration required

Early Bird Savings – Order tickets by June 8 and receive 10% off your ticket purchases!

Metro Detroit Civil War Remembrance Tour features Civil War sites of interest including historic Elmwood and Woodmere Cemeteries, the final resting places for hundreds of Civil War soldiers including several famous generals and medal of honor recipients as well as prominent politicians of this era including Senator Jacob Merritt Howard, who co-authored the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution  More

Monroe County and More

Sunday: Oct 7 / 1 pm – 4 pm / $40 Adult, $25 Youth / Advance registration required

Early Bird Savings – Order tickets by September 7 and receive 10% off your ticket purchases!

A regional Civil War tour wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Monroe, Michigan – the adopted hometown of Civil War hero General George Armstrong Custer, the “boy general” who led the acclaimed Michigan Cavalry Brigade in a charge against J.E.B.  Stuart’s men in what’s often called “the cavalry battle that saved the Union.”   More

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Southeast Michigan Sightseeing Tour

(Formerly Discover Downriver Tour. Auction prize certificates for Discover Downriver Tours may be redeemed  for any dates of this tour. Advance reservations required as seating is limited).

Sundays: June 24, July 22, Aug 19 /  12:30 pm – 5:30 pm / $20 Adult, $15 Youth

Early Bird Savings - Order tickets three weeks or more in advance and receive 10% off your ticket purchases! 

A Great Lake, a national park, an international wildlife refuge, a port, a former navy air base, a historic home belonging to America’s most controversial military figure, and more – all in one day! More

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Discover Detroit History Highlights Bus Tours

From Belle Isle to Eight Mile, down Woodward Avenue – an original American byway and site of the nation’s first mile of concrete highway, to Gate 4 of Ford’s infamous Rouge plant bridge to the Gateway of Freedom at the river’s edge, Hometown History Tours reveals the Detroit story that begs to be told! More

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Discover Detroit’s Midtown (Walking Tours)

Thursdays: Sep 8, 15, 22, 29 

Detroit’s Midtown? What’s all the buzz about? Join us on these morning strolls throughout Detroit’s trendiest address and absorb the art, architecture, ambiance, and – of course – history of Detroit’s bustling Midtown district.  More

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General Custer’s Monroe (Walking Tour)

Walk where the General once walked. General Custer’s Monroe takes you back in time on a tour to the historic Monroe, Michigan of this famous General’s era. More

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MIDTOWN Macabre: Trail of Terror Walking Tour

Ripped from the headlines of Detroit’s past – and not so distant past – this chilling look at the city’s sinister side  reveals a reality much more frightening than fiction. More