What is Michigan City Guides?

Michigan City Guides is the statewide hub for a network of independent local city-guide websites. Each city in the network has its own guide on its own domain, and this site introduces the network, links to every guide, and handles advertising across all of them.

Is Michigan City Guides a business directory?

No. The listings live on the individual city guides. This site is the parent hub: it explains the network, provides a city-by-city overview, and is where businesses arrange advertising across multiple cities at once.

How many cities are in the network?

Sixteen guides covering cities across Metro Detroit, Southeast Michigan and Mid-Michigan, from Detroit and Ann Arbor to smaller communities like Clawson and Plymouth.

How do I get my business listed?

Use the Add Your Business page. Tell us your business name, city and category, and we'll route your submission to the right city guide in the network.

Can I advertise across more than one city?

Yes. Multi-city packages and network-wide placements are the main reason this hub exists. The Advertise page covers featured placements, category sponsorships and full-network campaigns.

Are the city guides run separately?

Each guide is its own website on its own domain with locally focused content. Michigan City Guides is the shared parent that connects them and coordinates advertising across the network.

A network of 16 independent local guides

Your guide to Michigan’s best cities

Every city in the network has its own guide, written for that city and published on its own site. Start here to find the right one — then head straight to it.

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The Michigan city guides

Search by city, county, region or neighborhood to find the guide you need.

Showing 16 of 16 guides

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Royal Oak

Metro Detroit's walkable downtown for dining, nightlife and the Detroit Zoo.

Visit the Royal Oak Guide Things to do in Royal Oak

Wayne County · Metro Detroit

Detroit

Michigan's largest city: Motown, museums, riverfront and neighborhood food.

Visit the Detroit Guide Things to do in Detroit

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Birmingham

Upscale boutique shopping, galleries and fine dining on Old Woodward.

Visit the Birmingham Guide Things to do in Birmingham

Wayne County · Metro Detroit

Grosse Pointe

The five Pointes along Lake St. Clair, from the Village to the Ford House.

Visit the Grosse Pointe Guide Things to do in Grosse Pointe

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Troy

Somerset Collection, corporate campuses and one of the region's best food scenes.

Visit the Troy Guide Things to do in Troy

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Ferndale

Independent, creative and LGBTQ+-friendly, right on Detroit's northern border.

Visit the Ferndale Guide Things to do in Ferndale

Macomb County · Metro Detroit

Warren

Michigan's third-largest city, built on engineering and manufacturing.

Visit the Warren Guide Things to do in Warren

Wayne County · Metro Detroit

Livonia

Parks, post-war neighborhoods and a deep employment base west of Detroit.

Visit the Livonia Guide Things to do in Livonia

Wayne County · Metro Detroit

Plymouth

A small historic downtown around Kellogg Park, with festivals all year.

Visit the Plymouth Guide Things to do in Plymouth

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Rochester & Rochester Hills

Main Street charm, Meadow Brook Hall and the Paint Creek Trail.

Visit the Rochester & Rochester Hills Guide Things to do in Rochester & Rochester Hills

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Farmington Hills

Big parks, corporate campuses and a historic downtown next door in Farmington.

Visit the Farmington Hills Guide Things to do in Farmington Hills

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Clawson

A two-square-mile city with a genuinely local Main Street.

Visit the Clawson Guide Things to do in Clawson

Macomb County · Metro Detroit

Sterling Heights

Michigan's fourth-largest city: big parks, big plants, and the M-59 corridor.

Visit the Sterling Heights Guide Things to do in Sterling Heights

Oakland County · Metro Detroit

Southfield

The suburb with a skyline: metro Detroit's office core outside downtown.

Visit the Southfield Guide Things to do in Southfield

Washtenaw County · Southeast Michigan

Ann Arbor

A college town with a real downtown, river parks and a research economy.

Visit the Ann Arbor Guide Things to do in Ann Arbor

Ingham County · Mid-Michigan

Lansing

Michigan's capital city, with Old Town, REO Town and the Capitol dome.

Visit the Lansing Guide Things to do in Lansing

The network on the map

Each pin is an independent city guide. Select one to open its site or read the hub page for that city.

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Browse by county and region

Ingham County

Ingham County is home to Lansing, Michigan's state capital, and neighboring East Lansing with Michigan State University. Government, education and healthcare shape daily life across the county.

1 guides

Macomb County

Macomb County stretches northeast of Detroit and is defined by manufacturing, big residential subdivisions and long commercial corridors. Warren and Sterling Heights, Michigan's third- and fourth-largest cities, are both here, together forming one of the state's largest concentrations of industrial employment.

2 guides

Oakland County

Oakland County sits north and northwest of Detroit and holds more of the network's guides than any other county. It runs from dense, walkable downtowns like Royal Oak, Ferndale and Clawson through the upscale retail districts of Birmingham and Troy to the large park-rich suburbs of Farmington Hills, Southfield and Rochester Hills.

8 guides

Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County is anchored by Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, giving it a research-driven economy and a college-town culture distinct from the rest of southeast Michigan.

1 guides

Wayne County

Wayne County contains Detroit itself along with the lakefront Grosse Pointe communities to the east and the western suburbs of Livonia and Plymouth. It is the most populous county in Michigan and the most varied: a major American city, historic lakeshore neighborhoods, and post-war suburbs all within the same county lines.

4 guides

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About the network

Michigan City Guides is the statewide parent of 16 independent local guides. We don’t keep listings here. Each guide covers its own city in depth on its own domain, and this hub is how readers find the right one and how businesses reach several cities at once.

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Advertise across every city

Featured placements, category sponsorships and multi-city packages that run across the whole Michigan City Guides network.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Michigan City Guides?: Michigan City Guides is the statewide hub for a network of independent local city-guide websites. Each city in the network has its own guide on its own domain, and this site introduces the network, links to every guide, and handles advertising across all of them.
Is Michigan City Guides a business directory?: No. The listings live on the individual city guides. This site is the parent hub: it explains the network, provides a city-by-city overview, and is where businesses arrange advertising across multiple cities at once.
How many cities are in the network?: Sixteen guides covering cities across Metro Detroit, Southeast Michigan and Mid-Michigan, from Detroit and Ann Arbor to smaller communities like Clawson and Plymouth.
How do I get my business listed?: Use the Add Your Business page. Tell us your business name, city and category, and we'll route your submission to the right city guide in the network.
Can I advertise across more than one city?: Yes. Multi-city packages and network-wide placements are the main reason this hub exists. The Advertise page covers featured placements, category sponsorships and full-network campaigns.
Are the city guides run separately?: Each guide is its own website on its own domain with locally focused content. Michigan City Guides is the shared parent that connects them and coordinates advertising across the network.