I’ve got big news for Harry Potter fans. Some of you may have read my earlier post (“Why Detroit Is the Perfect Home for Ilvermorny”), which collected my arguments for why I thought that the Motor City would make an ideal location for J.K. Rowling’s recently announced North American wizarding school. Well, my daughter and I were so eager to get our theory confirmed that we took a drive down to Detroit to see if we could find any evidence of Ilvermorny. And guess what? WE FOUND IT!
You could see Ilvermorny all over the Motown and we had a terrific time checking out the classrooms, the library, the Great Hall – what a school!
I posted the first batch of our Ilvermorny pictures on my Instagram account and I’ve collected some of the best ones below. I have even more to share, so keep checking back to see more snapshots from our amazing school visit. (You can read more of my Ilvermorny theories and tweets, if you follow the #ilvermorny hashtag on Twitter.)
And, fellow Detroiters, if you have additional photographic evidence that Ilvermorny is, in fact, in our beloved city, please share links to the pictures in the comments below. I know the “official” announcement of Ilvermorny’s location hasn’t been made yet, but I am really proud to see so much evidence of the noble wizarding tradition in my hometown. I think Detroit would be (and is) a great home for Ilvermorny.
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I just stumbled across your blog. And I’m so glad I did! (I love the picture of your daughter sitting on stairs reading a book!!!) This makes me want to visit Detroit — and of course see all of these fabulous wizardry locations!
This is completely adorable.
Tom I just looked at this today (5/2/16) and it is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!. Maybe your mom told you, but I am a Harry Potter total fan. I CAN’T WAIT TO ENROLL!
Keep up the good work, young man.
This is the most compelling argument I have seen about the location, especially the photo of the young wizard’s massive glasses sliding down her nose. Now that this controversy has been squashed, avid readers of the Daily Prophet must know where the young wizard stands on the Non-maj/Muggle debate, a matter most vital, that threatens world economies and the entire future of Hogwarts. The nerdiness in this photo set has gone off the charts!
Thanks! Off the charts nerdiness is our normal!