Rebranded as the Belle Isle Children's Zoo in 1947, the project quickly fell into debt, closing in 1956.

The city of Detroit and the state of Michigan have come to an agreement on a deal with developer Stuart-Pitman Inc. for a ...

More than a decade after the state of Michigan took over management of Belle Isle, residents are being asked to help shape the island's next chapter. The Department of Natural Resources and the Belle ...

The 16,000-square-foot museum is memorializing the Nov. 10, 1975, tragedy of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald with a weekend of ...

Detroit — Detroit residents found creative ways to stay cool at Belle Isle and Hart Plaza on Saturday as the mercury neared 90 degrees. An extreme heat warning, with temperatures in the upper 90s and ...

It was pure Michigan on a recent Sunday on Belle Isle — the sound of metallic blades swooshing and crunching and cutting through the ice, while dormant pond grasses and cattails danced in the light ...

Downtown racing may feel like a new phenomenon for many Detroiters, but the history of the Detroit Grand Prix actually stretches back decades. If you want to get really historical, open-wheel racing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Detroit community members gather for coffee and donuts in attendance of the Belle Isle Swim club, ...