Monroe & Downriver Black Friday Deals

Monroe, the Monroe County seat, sits on the River Raisin near Lake Erie and was founded as Frenchtown in 1785. It is called the Floral City and is home to River Raisin National Battlefield Park, which interprets the 1813 Battles of Frenchtown. Downtown hosts the Floral City Festival and the River Raisin Jazz Festival.

Wyandotte keeps a walkable Biddle Avenue downtown of locally owned shops, restaurants and pubs, and its Street Art Fair has been organized since 1961. Heritage Park in Taylor hosts a petting farm with more than 90 animals and the Junior League World Series. In Trenton, Elizabeth Park stretches along the Detroit River on Slocum's Island.