DOWNTOWN DETROIT. This 19th century church is a beautiful example of Gothic Revival architecture. Gordon Lloyd, a Michigan native who designed several churches throughout the state, designed Christ Church. A Tiffany stained glass window depicts the legend of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and another pays tribute to the family of the church's first rector. Sunday morning services are held at 8:15am and 10:30am.

DOWNTOWN DETROIT. An integral stop on the Detroit section of the Underground Railroad during the mid-1800s, Second Baptist Church was the state's first African-American church. Among the more historically noteworthy people who have visited the church are Frederick Douglas and Nobel Prize winner Ralph Bunche, who was baptized here in 1927. In the years prior to the abolition of slavery, Second Baptist sheltered and assisted between 5,000 and 6,000 fugitive slaves, helping many of them across the border into Canada.

DOWNTOWN. Completed in the early 1870s, Fort Street Presbyterian stands as one of the city's last examples of Victorian Gothic architecture. Noteworthy for its Great Hall, flying buttresses, intricate stonework, and commanding octagonal tower, the church is one of Michigan's oldest. Fort Street is open to guests and, during the yuletide season, hosts the popular Holiday Pottery Show.

DOWNTOWN DETROIT. This church serves as a sanctuary for Great Lakes sailors and their families. Prayers incorporate nautical references, and the bells toll whenever the lakes take another soul. A poignant example of this tradition occurred in 1975 when The Reverend Richard Ingalls prayed and tolled the church's bell once for each of the sailors lost in the tragic sinking of an ore freighter on Lake Superior, which inspired Gordon Lightfoot's moving ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Located near the Renaissance Center, next to the tunnel leading to Canada. Guided tours are available with advance notice.

DOWNTOWN. Detroit's Sainte Anne church dates from 1701, when Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed and built the first structure on July 26 (Sainte Anne's Feast Day). Today's church building, an exquisite Neo-Gothic stone structure dating to 1886, is Sainte Anne's eighth incarnation. Some of the church's noteworthy architectural and aesthetic features include a statue of Saintes Anne and Mary, a wood altar from the 1818 church, three soaring towers, a 26-pipe organ, and four Gothic-style gargoyles that guard the northern facade.