Standing tall at 2001 15th Street in Detroit, Michigan, are the abandoned remains of the once bustling Michigan Central Station.

The Michigan Central Station closed it’s doors to the public back in 1988. This weekend, however, a very rare event is taking place.

Ford has recently purchased the station, and it’s doors are opening to the public once again for this upcoming weekend only!

On Friday, June 22nd, Ford is opening the main lobby so the public can step inside the Michigan Central Station for free tours. The event is all weekend long, so you have three days to stand is one of Detroit’s most iconic structures before it’s renovation.

The dates and times for entry are as follows:

During the event, you’ll find an exhibit Ford is hosting in collaboration with the Detroit Historical Society and many different interactive activities including:

There is parking available next to the station at 2280 17th Street, but the lot is expected to fill up fast, so get there earlier if you plan on parking in the lot space.

For extra information, you can find it on Ford’s event page here.

This is the only weekend that you will be able to step into the Central Station before the renovations begin. It’s not every day that you get to see one of Detroit’s most iconic buildings the way it was left.

If by any unfortunate chance you don’t get to make it out to the event, Ford put together a virtual Michigan Central Station tour video you can check out.

You may not hold the secret to preventing global nuclear proliferation, but that doesn’t mean you can’t become a catalyst for positive change. Benevolence doesn’t require you to have the answer to all of the world’s ills, only that you be willing to take actions that lead to positive results in the lives of others.

If you want to change the world but you aren’t quite sure how to, here’s a list of five ways you can make a difference in the world, starting right in your local community.

Blood: everyone has some, and some people are in dire need of more. You could literally save a person’s life by making a deposit at your local blood bank, so there’s really no excuse not to donate blood. If you become squeamish at the sight of a hypodermic needle, close your eyes or direct your attention elsewhere while the phlebotomist draws your blood.

Underprivileged youth, senior citizens, and those suffering from limited mobility could always use a helping hand. You can make a big difference in the overall day-to-day quality of a person’s life by assisting him or her with a task they may not otherwise be physically able to do alone.

If you have an elderly neighbor that has trouble hauling their trash and recycling bins to and from the curb each week, take a few moments out of your day to help that person.

Many charitable organizations depend on the local community to provide hands-on assistance to achieve the organization’s goals. Churches, food banks, senior centers, and animal shelters always need an extra set of hands, so don’t be shy about reaching out to organizations in your neighborhood.

A community’s public parks, recreation areas, shorelines, and roadways always look much nicer when the residents band together to complete a beautification project. Gather a group of like-minded friends or family members to assist you in collecting trash, planting trees and flowers, or trimming overgrown vegetation so you can keep America looking beautiful.

Spending your hard-earned dollars with locally based businesses is a great way to make a difference in your local community. Locally based retailers depend on the community to keep their businesses alive. When you shop local, the money you spend strengthens the community because a portion of those dollars goes on to support other businesses owned and operated by people living in your area.

Choosing to eat at a restaurant owned by someone in your community strengthens your community’s tax base and the symbiotic nature of locally based businesses and the residents that support those business’s endeavors.

Unless you drink only from Sippy cups similar to the ones toddlers use, anyone that ever picked up a glass filled with liquid probably has spilled a drink on his or her carpet at some point or another.

If you spilled water on your carpet, no harm no foul. But if you spill soda pop, wine, dark liquor, or Kool-Aid, well, you may have a serious problem on your hands. So, what should you do if you spill a drink on your carpet?

Before we answer that question, let’s start with what you shouldn’t do if you spill a drink on your carpet. Most people’s first instinct when they spill a drink on their carpet is to grab the closest towel, rag, or t-shirt in the vicinity to try to soak up the liquid; this is a mistake.

The correct approach to cleaning a spilled drink on your carpet is to find a clean, white towel, or a roll of paper towel that doesn’t have any sort of design printed on the absorbent material. Place the towel directly over the spilled drink, and gently blot (don’t rub; rubbing is bad) the spill until all the liquid is absorbed. (Depending on the amount of liquid on your carpet, you may need to repeat the blotting process multiple times and use multiple clean towels.)

Another thing you shouldn’t do when attempting to clean a spilled drink from your carpet is to soak it with a cleaning agent. Some of the chemicals in carpet fibers may cause permanent damage to your carpet’s delicate yarns.

If blotting the spill doesn’t remove the stain out of the carpet, contact a professional carpet cleaner. If having your carpet professionally cleaned doesn’t do the trick, you could try to use an area rug, a piece of furniture, or a houseplant to hide the stain from view.

In some instances, placing something over the stain to obscure it from view may not be practical. When all else fails, you will need to have your carpet replaced by a professional flooring company.

Prospective homebuyers list hardwood flooring as one of their most-sought-after features when they begin shopping for a new home.

Hardwood is timeless, beautiful, and resilient. If properly cared for, a hardwood floor can last upwards of 100 years. But have you ever wondered how your home’s indoor environment affects hardwood flooring?

Incontinent pets, children’s toys, high-heeled shoes, spills, and a busy family can all cause damage to a hardwood floor, but the greatest threat your floor faces may be the environmental factors that you can’t see.

As a natural product (it is wood, after all), hardwood flooring is extremely susceptible to changes in temperature and humidity. Installing a hardwood floor in a geographic region where temperatures and humidity fluctuate wildly from one season to the next can be a tricky endeavor.

If your flooring contractor installs the planks too closely to the walls without allowing room for the wood to expand and contract, there is a strong probability that your flooring may begin to peak during humid months. Alternatively, when the humidity drops, you may notice unsightly gaps between the planks.

Let’s face it; having hardwood floors installed in your home costs a pretty penny. If you choose the wrong contractor or you pick a wood species that doesn’t react well to fluctuations in temperature and humidity, thousands of your hard-earned dollars might end up in the nearest landfill.

It’s in your best interest as a homeowner and a consumer to do your homework on individual wood species, the Janka scale (the Janka scale measures how much pressure a wood species can handle before denting occurs), and how the geographic region you live in may affect the longevity and beauty of your hardwood floors. Hardwood flooring in a home in Michigan won’t react the same way to seasonal changes as a home in south Florida will.

Any longtime resident of the Great Lakes State can attest to the fact that summertime in Michigan is often a fleeting and all-too-brief affair; it almost seems as if we Michiganders go from boating, fishing, barbequing, and watching Tigers games at Comerica Park to shoveling snow overnight.

After enduring six months of snow, slush, and frigid temperatures, the last place most Michigan residents want to spend their time is indoors. Now that the first day of summer is officially less than three weeks away, it’s probably safe to trade in your windshield scraper and snow shovel for a beach towel and your favorite pair of shades.

Michigan has a longstanding reputation for being a winter wonderland, but many people don’t realize there are plenty of places to see and activities to enjoy during Michigan’s warmer months, too. Whether you enjoy the serenity of reading a good book while listening to the two-note call of a common loon on one of Michigan’s many lakes or you prefer the action of riding the rapids in your kayak, you can rest assured that Michigan has a summer vacation hot spot that’s perfect for you and your loved ones.

To help you plan your best-ever summer vacation, we put together a list of five of the most popular summer vacation hot spots Michigan has to offer.

There’s no better place to get in touch with nature than in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Located in Michigan’s rugged Copper Country, the Keweenaw Peninsula boasts white sand beaches, miles of beautiful coastline overlooking the picturesque waters of Lake Superior, and one of America’s few island national parks.

Isle Royale—accessible only by boat or seaplane—has 244 campsites and 165 miles of hiking trails to appeal to even the most adventurous wilderness explorers. You can visit Isle Royale at any time between mid-May and September, but you will need to call ahead to verify with the park ranger that there are still camping permits available.

For more information, visit the National Park Service’s website at https://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm

Conveniently located between Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Detroit, the Brighton Howell Area has twenty golf courses, 123 miles of trails, 184 lakes, and more than 50,000 acres of parks for you and your loved ones to explore.

When the day is done and your stomach begins to rumble, head to downtown Howell to enjoy the fare at one of Howell’s eateries and a pint from one of the area’s craft breweries. Howell’s residents and business owners take great pride in the downtown area.

Howell received the 2018 Great American Main Street Award from Main Street America, a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Only 600 people lay claim to a year-round residence on Mackinac Island, but Mackinac (pronounced Mack-in-awe) is one of the most popular vacation spots for residents of the Great Lakes state.

You’ll have to travel to Mackinac Island via ferry—automobiles are not allowed on the island—but the trip is well worth the scenic views and 19th Century charm you’ll find on the front porch of Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel. Once there, you can spend your days touring the Island’s 3.8 square miles via horse-drawn carriage or by bicycle.

Visitors to Mackinac Island can spend their days golfing, shopping, and eating creamy, delicious fudge from one of the Island’s many candy makers.

Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes is a popular tourist destination perched some 400 feet above the pristine waters of Lake Michigan’s northwestern shoreline not far from Traverse City. Camping, canoeing inland lakes, bird watching, and hiking a trove of beautiful trails are just a few of the activities that visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes enjoy during the summer months.

Well known for its wine tours, four-star dining establishments, bed-and-breakfast lodging, and the National Cherry Festival, Traverse City is four-season playground for visitors from around the Midwest.

For more information on Traverse City vacation ideas, visit https://www.michigan.org/city/traverse-city