In the first installment of our Weekend Warrior column on The Henry Ford, we explained the essence of this fabled institution just outside of Detroit. Tracing its heritage to the late 1920’s, The Henry Ford is actually five attractions all rolled up into one, and attracts as many as a million visitors each year.
Let’s face it. There are museums, and then there are museums. And then there are a handful of sites that are so much more than museums that they are actually their own little universe, focused on a particular subject, event, or sport.
Road rallies are built around the premise of providing a set of instructions for following a pre-planned course on public roads, typically through scenic areas.
Robert Petersen built an automotive publishing empire before his passing in 2007. In addition to his publishing enterprise, his passion for cars in general, and hot rod-type cars in particular, led to establish the Petersen Museum on the famed Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The four-story building, featuring more than 300,000 square feet, offers four different experiences for visitors.
Seems that one of the biggest motorcycle gatherings in the world takes place every August in beautiful downtown Sturgis, SD. Yep, that’s right. South Dakota.
If your town is like most in this country, you have cruise nights at local shopping centers or burger joints where “car people” can gather, show off their pride and joy, and swap lies (er, stories…) with friends old and new.
