“It’s probably the best kept secret in Detroit,” said Elana Rugh, president and CEO of the Detroit Historical Society.

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With 50 vehicles in the warehouse, each stored for protection inside large inflatable plastic bubbles, there is so much history inside each one. Like a 1905 Cadillac, the first closed-body Cadillac ever built, that was the personal car of Henry Leland, the founder of Cadillac and Lincoln. Or a 1934 Stout Scarab, one of six remaining in existence, that was made at Scott Street and Telegraph in Dearborn.

Learn more at the Automotive Showplace exhibit at The Detroit Historical Museum.