5 Stop 5 of 10 on The Complete Guide to Traverse City

The State Theatre

Downtown Traverse City, Northern Michigan

A Preview

"You're in front of the State Theatre — the tall neon sign, the lit marquee hanging over Front Street. This corner has wanted to be a theater for well over a century. There's been a grand opera house here, then a movie house, then another movie house, and two of them burned down before this one opened its doors at the end of the nineteen forties with over a thousand seats."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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The Complete Guide to Traverse City

The Complete Guide to Traverse City

10 stops · 40 min

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Tour Stops

Follow the full The Complete Guide to Traverse City route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Clinch Park and the Bay
  3. 3 The Open Space
  4. 4 The Hannah and Lay Mercantile Building
  5. 5 The State Theatre
  6. 6 The Union Street Dam and the Boardman River
  7. 7 The Perry Hannah House
  8. 8 The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
  9. 9 The Hippie Tree
  10. 10 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The State Theatre

This is just one of 10 stops on the The Complete Guide to Traverse City tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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