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11 Tours in Michigan

Ford Rouge Factory
Dearborn, MI

Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a self-guided five-part experience that
includes: Legacy Theater, Art of Manufacturing Theater, Observation
Deck, Dearborn Truck Plant and the Legacy Gallery. Theater seating is
limited to 79 guests per show; shows run continuously until 4:00 PM and
are seated on a first come first serve basis.

Legacy Theater
Learn about the triumphs and tragedies surrounding the Rouge, much of it
told through rare, never-before-seen historic footage.
Approximate time: 13 minutes

Art of Manufacturing Theater
A multi-sensory theater experience including a 360-degree look at how
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General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
Flint, MI

Tours are no longer available for the rest of 2012


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Gilbert Chocolates
Jackson, MI

Gilbert Chocolates was founded in 1900 and still manufactures their wonderful candies using the orginal recipes and equipement.


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Hoegh Pet Casket Company
Gladstone, MI

Tour the factory, the display room and the model pet cemetery.


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Jiffy Mix
Chelsea, MI

Chelsea Milling Company is operated by a family whose roots in the flour milling business date back to the early 1800?s. We have been milling flour here in Chelsea for over one hundred years.

Mabel White Holmes, grandmother of our President, Howdy S. Holmes, developed and introduced to the homemaker the first prepared baking mix product, ?JIFFY? Baking Mix, in the spring of 1930. Currently we offer 18 ?JIFFY? Mixes. Our mixes provide you, our consumer, with the best value available.

Chelsea Milling Company is a complete manufacturer. We store wheat. We mill wheat into flour. We use that ...
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Morley Candy Makers and Sanders Candy Factory
Clinton Township, MI

Morley Candy Makers is the largest producer of chocolates and confections in Michigan and is among the largest in the United States as well. Each year Morley Candy Makers use over 1,000,000 pounds of their own blend of milk and dark chocolate, as well as eleven other blends, such as sugar-free and ivory chocolate.

The candymaking starts by melting blocks of our own smooth, creamy chocolate down in huge melters, so it can be poured over one of our many tasty centers.

Much of that chocolate gets poured over our famous "copper kettle" recipe caramel used to make ...
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Rochester Mills Beer Co. Brewpub
Rochester, MI

Visit one of the premier breweries in the Great Beer State of Michigan! Our brewpub location has been producing beers for onsite consumption, and to-go purchases, since 1998 and is the top producing brewpub in the state. This historic building houses the brewhouse as well as a full-service restaurant and bar, complete with pool tables and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. The brewery is visible through windows during normal hours of operation; guided tours available by request only.


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Stormy Kromer, A division of Jacquart Fabric Products
Ironwood, MI

Back in 1903, the Original Stormy Kromer Cap was built with quality fabric, carefully handcrafted in the U.S. It was authentic, rugged and durable - perfect for George "Stormy" Kromer, a hard-working railroad engineer. After repeatedly losing his cap on the windy locomotive, he asked his wife Ida to make him a new one, with a snug, pulldown earband to keep it in place.
In 2001, the Jacquart family in Ironwood, Michigan, bought the company and brought Stormy Kromer to their thriving sewing factory - Jacquart Fabric Products. Today, we produce a full line of rugged American-made outdoor apparel ...
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The Parade Company Detroit / Studio Tours
Detroit, MI

Venture into our magical ParadeLand and experience a behind the scenes look at America’s Thanksgiving Parade® presented by Art Van. Learn more about the Parade’s fascinating history, explore the 200,000 square-foot storyland of floats and see how our award-winning artisans bring them to life. Parade Company studios is one the most interactive and family friendly thing to do in Detroit. It’s fun for all ages!


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Veldheer?s
Holland, MI

De Klomp, a long time favorite of West Michigan visitors, produces several thousand pairs of wooden shoes each year, in a variety of ways. De klomp is Holland?s only factory to offer the three styles of carving: Hand carving with Elmer, visitors get a real feel for wooden shoes as Elmer starts with a solid block of wood, chops it into a rough form of a shoe, clean cuts its outsides with a special tool brought in from the Netherlands. Style 2 takes the block of wood and carves the pair of shoes on semi automatic machines. Style 3 finishes ...
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WeatherGard
Farmington, MI

WeatherGard is a family owned and operated business that the Detroit area residents have counted on for many years. WeatherGard is licensed by the state of Michigan and fully insured.
Over the years, WeatherGard has strived to be the No. 1 innovator of new technology as it applies to the vinyl window business. WeatherGard was the first vinyl window manufacturer to offer a fully welded window lineup. WeatherGard was the first to offer Warm Edge Technology for the glass units. WeatherGard was first to offer standard Low - E/Argon glass units in all windows. WeatherGard has always been a ...
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