Patrons are welcome to bring outside food and drink in to Blossom Festival orchestra concerts. The early July "Salute to America" is an annual favorite.
Balto, the Siberian husky sled dog made famous by Alaska's 1925 serum run, is part of the collection here. This summer, check out "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids" through Aug. 12. Read more.
The home of the Cleveland Metroparks' winter toboggan chutes is now home to the Royalview mountain biking trail. It opens June 17, 2012, with an 11 a.m.-4 p.m. kickoff event. Read more.
DJ Alan Freed popularized the phrase "rock 'n' roll" and has a place of honor here. An urn containing his ashes are part of an upper-floor exhibit that celebrates Freed's contributions.
You can't really miss it, but be sure to spend some time at the African Elephant Crossing. It was the first and only large-scale, LEED-certified animal enclosure when it opened in May 2011.
The Hershey Children's Garden here is the first public children's garden in Ohio and one of just a few in the nation. Check out the wheelchair-accessible treehouse, cave and dwarf forest.
The house gets the attention, but exploring the 70-acre property's gardens is just as compelling. Virginia Sieberling used The Dell — a wild, natural woodland garden — as the site of her 1919 wedding.
The Indians' new Kids Clubhouse on the ballpark's mezzanine level gives kids a chance to play while offering mom and dad the opportunity to keep an eye on the game.
Tons of hands-on exhibits, an Omnimax theater and the NASA Glenn Visitor Center are all here, but don't forget about the 618-foot William G. Mather steamship moored out back.
Downtown's riverside concert venue has a 5,000-person capacity, making it a great place to see national acts such as Crosby, Stills & Nash (June 10) and Death Cab for Cutie (July 3)
