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<\/a><\/p>\nWhat happens if you paste Polaroid pictures of customers all over the walls of your store? You get a marketplace with perhaps the world\u2019s most interesting wallpaper. For over 20 years, this is exactly what the owner of Lawndale Market: The People\u2019s Polaroids<\/a> has done. Today, there are over 10,000 Polaroids displayed throughout the store. Browsing through images is a unique way to view the faces and personalities of Motor City.<\/p>\n “Heidelberg Project<\/a>” by Nic Redhead<\/a> is licensed under CC 2.0<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n Artist Tyree Guyton originally started his Heidelberg Project<\/a> in 1986 as a response to urban decay in East Detroit. Since then, two blocks along Heidelberg Street have been transformed into an “outdoor community art environment.” Visitors to the site will be treated to a vibrant, colorful art exhibition like they\u2019ve never experienced before. Guyton and his fellow artists use discarded, everyday objects and striking visual designs to bring new life to a once-forgotten neighborhood.<\/p>\n “ZOLTAR SPEAKS!<\/a>” by Cubmundo<\/a> is licensed under CC 2.0<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n Museums can be stuffy and uptight, but not Marvin\u2019s! As an exhibition space for vintage coin-operated machines, Marvin’s Marvelous Museum<\/a> is anything but. Find the fastest flights to Detroit<\/a> and walk through this carnivalesque space, you\u2019ll see everything from mannequin fortune tellers to talking animatronics to antique arcade games. Since owner Marvin Yogada has an ongoing obsession with carnival games and oddities, the museum\u2019s 5,500 square feet are constantly being packed with more knick knacks and tchotchkes.<\/p>\n “Clown Puppet<\/a>” by PunkToad<\/a> is licensed under CC 2.0<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n While it\u2019s located within Detroit\u2019s Theater District, the PuppetART Center<\/a> certainly isn\u2019t your typical performance hall. You won\u2019t see any actors hanging around\u2014well, unless you count the puppets displayed throughout the onsite museum and workshop space. As Detroit\u2019s leading puppet theater, the PuppetART Center features weekly performances that dazzle audiences in unexpected ways. Not only is it an affordable way to experience the theater, it\u2019s a great place to take the kids! Be sure to check the program, however, as some plays may be written for adults.<\/p>\n “I really came to Detroit to see this thing.<\/a>” by Christopher Thompson<\/a> is licensed under CC 2.0<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n The home of Dmytro Szylak certainly stands out from the other residences in Hamtramck, a northern suburb of Detroit. After retiring from General Motors, Szylak decided to make his backyard the setting for his hobby of collecting hand-carved and found objects. Today, his yard art towers above two adjacent garages. What has essentially become a massive backyard sculpture, known by locals as the Hamtramck Disneyland<\/a>, his artwork features colorful dolls, strange toys, odd banners, and dozens of moving parts. For a small donation, you may be able to tour the property and see all the moving parts in action.<\/p>\n In many ways, it\u2019s wrong to call Detroit a \u201cComeback City\u201d\u2014the D has always been a place of strange wonder. 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<\/a>Marvin’s Marvelous Museum<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Detroit PuppetART Center<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Hamtramck Disneyland<\/h2>\n
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