Soul of Detroit Guide

Enjoy unforgettable experiences with the Soul of Detroit guide.

Here are unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Detroit. Discover the best experiences, interviews with those who give the city its spirit and illustrations that capture the city's soul.

Inside Soul of Detroit you can:

• Get a massage with oak leaves
• Learn feather bowling
• Eat 100% made-in-Detroit chocolates
• Have breakfast in a Gothic church
• Enjoy a free meal in a Buddhist temple
• Savour the city's hippest beer
• Sleep in an airplane hangar
• Visit the largest Masonic temple in the US
• Have a spell cast on you while sipping a magic cocktail
• See a movie and an organ concert in a 1930s theatre
• Walk Detroit's only island
• Get lost in a huge used-book store
• Eat farm-fresh food by the canals
• Do yoga and drink bone broth

Soul of Detroit is written by Margot Guicheteau who explored the city at length to discover the multiple facets of this legendary city that is capable of reinventing itself and surprising us.

If we really want to experience the true essence of Detroit today, where do we go? Soul of Detroit is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now – and how it’s evolving. 

Celebrating both the old and the new, we’ll meet the guardians of the city’s authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future, we’ll eat at hidden restaurants and explore the city’s long-forgotten corners.

Join us as we experience the soul of Detroit together.