Did you know? The Lakes were created in the mid-19th century by damming Doan Brook in order to provide power to several mills. Read more.
Did you know? The wind turbine and solar panels on the front lawn provide about 6% of the center’s annual electricity needs. Read more.
Did you know? Playgrounds and children’s museums grew out of the American Playground Movement that swept the nation in the late 1800s. The movement recognized play as an integral part of development.
Did you know? The land for the park was donated by John D. Rockefeller, an oil magnate and philanthropist who was at one time the world’s richest man and the first American worth a billion dollars. Read more.
Did you know? The Cod performed history’s only international submarine-to-submarine rescue. In 1945, Cod rescued 56 Dutch sailors from a Dutch sub that had grounded on a coral reef Read more.
Did you know? Because rock&roll evolved from earlier genres, it's difficult to pinpoint the first rock record -but many think that it was Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88,” recorded in 1951 Read more.
Did you know? Opened in 1916, the museum’s neoclassic white marble building cost 1.25 million dollars to build, about 26 million in 2011 dollars.
Did you know? The first American woman to become a licensed pilot was Harriet Quimby in 1911. She was also the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Read more.
Did you know? You can visit the deserts of Madagascar and the Costa Rican rainforest at the Glasshouse - find 350 species of plants and 50 species of insects and animals from the two exotic locales. Read more.
Did you know? A Christmas Story was based in part on Jean Shepherd’s 1966 book, In God We Trust: All Other’s Pay Cash. Shepherd also co-wrote the film and voiced Ralphie as an adult.
Did you know? Baseball has a long history in Cleveland. The first professional game in the city was played in 1869! Read more.
Did you know? Opened in 1840, this is Cleveland’s oldest publicly owned market. The brick markethouse was designed by the same architects who designed other landmarks, including the Museum of Art.
Did you know? The museum has more than 5 million artifacts and specimens, including the largest, most researched and published collection of modern human and non-human primate skeletons in the world
Did you know? The City of Cleveland was founded by General Moses Cleaveland in 1796. The “a” was dropped from the original spelling in 1831, so that the city’s name would fit on a newspaper masthead. Read more.
Did you know? Formerly called Lewis Research Center, the center’s name was changed in 1999 in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Read more.
Did you know? Dr Fleming began the center as a hands-on learning experience for neighborhood kids. Early exhibits included rabbits in her backyard, doves in the basement, and turtles in her bathtub. Read more.
Did you know? At 100 feet tall, Thunder Falls is Ohio’s tallest water slide! Riders reach speeds up to 27 mph.
Did you know? The sandstone ledges of Ansel’s Cave once provided shelter to Civil War soldiers, runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, and later, prohibition-era bootleggers. Read more.
Did you know? In the early years, the zoo had mostly local animals, like American deer. Later, the zoo built sea lion, monkey and bear exhibits and got Freida, its first elephant, in 1940. Read more.
Did you know? America’s first miniature golf course was built in 1916. During the Depression, the game became increasingly popular, and more than 150 courses were built on Manhattan rooftops. Read more.
Did you know? Lake Farmpark’s mission is to educate visitors not only on Ohio’s farming history, but on farming and agriculture’s present and future.
Did you know? Holden is considered an Important Bird Area by the Audubon Society. Of the 412 species making up Ohio’s total bird population, 218 have been identified at The Holden Arboretum. Read more.
