Ford River Rouge Factory Tour
The tour of the assembly plant at the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, MI is one of the main things to do for tourists visiting Detroit. This is the factory where they put together F-150 pickup trucks. It was fourth on our list, after the Motown Museum, the Institute of Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art, all of which are closed on Mondays. To get to "the Rouge" from Detroit, you have to drive past it, a few miles into suburban Dearborn, to an institution called "The Henry Ford." Here you park (for a fee), buy your pass, and board the shuttle bus back towards the factory. The corridors of this university-like great hall offer other attractions: the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, An Olde Time Village and petting farm, an IMAX theater, several restaurants, and more. Banners proclaim the institution's impactful works, like The Innovation Project: "Inside every child is the potential to change the world." On a December weekday afte