MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU) - Two motels in Michigan City have been ordered closed indefinitely due to multiple unresolved city and fire code violations. The city says Ramada by Wyndham (5820 ...

Perhaps tops among old motels in metro Detroit that hosted criminal incidents is the defunct Bungalow Motel in Inkster. It once sat in a strip of old motels on Michigan Avenue, west of Detroit.

Life, death, crime, kitsch, nostalgia, immigrant aspirations and witty design — all of these elements converge in the world of motels, which didn’t exist before 1925. Here are five facts and ...