The Chicago Road Marker in Detroit is a Michigan Historic Site, meaning it is of great historic importance.
Not many monuments or historic places get this status and the marker.
It is located on Michigan Avenue, a major road in Detroit that goes straight to Chicago.
The marker mentions that Michigan Avenue was formerly the Chicago Road.
Not much of the original dirt road remained when I visited here in June 2025.
A prominently interesting place nearby was the General Casimir Pulaski Polish Heritage Monument.
It was strange to find a monument to a Revolutionary War hero in Detroit when Michigan didn’t even become a state until 1837.
Over 3 days, I walked 17 miles along Michigan Avenue, finding traces of the old Chicago Road.
The monument is well worth the stop, but finding parking for cargoers is difficult.
It is located on a kind of traffic island that only a pedestrian like me can access.
This is one of many highly overlooked landmark statues in Detroit because the statue is located right over a mass grave of the War of 1812.
How to Reach
Read how to reach downtown Detroit from the airport.
Where to Eat in Detroit
- Try the coney hot dog at the American Coney Island.
- Try The Food Trucks in the Cadillac Square
Where to Stay in Detroit
Tourist Attractions in Detroit
- The Spirit of Detroit Statue.
- Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit - The Fist
- Pocket Watch as a Public Clock in a Beautiful Alley of Detroit
- World’s Most Unique Fountain in Detroit
- Joe Louis Statue and Photo Collage in Detroit
- Detroit Foundation Hotel - Formerly a Fire Department Building
- Local Guides Day Out - Kite Exploration on Belle Isle
- An Obscure Clock Tower with Amazing Landscaping
- The Big Brother of Tabletop Alarm Clock Lives on an Island
- The Kern’s Clock in Detroit
- Detroit - Step on The Point of Origin
- Huntington Place
- Public Clock of CPA Building
- American Coney Island - Detroit’s Iconic Food Joint
- James Scott Memorial Fountain in Detroit
- Visit the Corner Public Clock above Fresh Mex.
- The Minimalistic Art - Clock Tower on Michigan Avenue.
- Detroit SS Bank Clock Tower and Historic Marker
- Millenium Bell - Detroit’s Own Fish Head Bell
- The Corner Public Clock of Scientology Church
- Huntington Place in Detroit - It is Big, Very Big
- Detroit Veterans Memorial - The Legacy of American Heroes
- Transcending Arch Monument - A Symbol of Enduring Spirit
- The Historic Brown Brothers Cigar Factory in Detroit
