Welcome to Detroit!

EarthCam takes you LIVE to Detroit, Michigan! Experience multiple views of Motown's skyline and the heart of Detroit's cultural center including The Fisher Building Tower, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Detroit Main Library via a live EarthCam webcam located at the Detroit Science Center.

Founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, as a trading post for the French to do business with the Chippewa, Detroit gained fame about 200 years later as the birthplace of the mass production car industry and the Motown sound. Today, metro Detroit boasts world-class shopping, first-rate cultural attractions, including one of the nation's largest theater districts, and Las Vegas-style casino gaming.

The Motown sound was created by Berry Gordy, Jr. in 1957. It is where the nation's first traffic light was installed in 1915. Detroit is home to the oldest state fair in the nation (1849), and has the dubious distinction of potato chip capital of the world. It has the country's largest island park within a city, Belle Isle Park, and shares the world's first tunnel between two countries: the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel. It has the most registered bowlers in America and more theater seats than any other city, east of the Mississippi River, outside New York City.

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