Exploration Guides

Rediscovering Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill

Bet you thought we’d crawled into a cave somewhere and gone into hibernation, it’s been so long since we’ve posted anything.  Nope.  Not even close.  We’ve just been working so hard on our latest project that we haven’t had much of a chance to post on here.  Now it’s finally time to show it off!

In 1923, Edsel Ford began buying up land an hour northwest of Detroit in what would become his Haven Hill Estate. In the end, he’d own nearly four square miles of forest, farmland, lakes, and wetlands.

In 1946, a few years after his his death, his wife Eleanor sold the estate to the State of Michigan.

The major buildings remained in use, for a time. Eventually, even the remaining builders were abandoned to time and the elements. Between, fire, neglect, decay, and the passing decades, most of the estate was lost and forgotten.

In 2009, explorations began with a few friends and, in 2014, Exploration Guides, led by Darrin Fowler, committed to rediscovering and sharing the Haven Hill Estate with the world.

Granted exclusive access to every building and underground space on the estate, and having scoured the grounds looking for any trace of the past, they’ve discovered not only a lot about Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill, but a lot about what happened before and since, too.

Join Darrin and his team as they Rediscover Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill.

We have DVD’s on-hand today, but we’re still not quite set up to sell them on-line.  Check back soon for that, and also some sneak peeks.

September 20, 2015 - Posted by admin | video | DVD, Haven Hill, video