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Toboggan the refridgerated ice chutes at MILL STREAM RUN in Strongsville.
www.clemetparks.com/recreation/tobogganing/index.asp
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Catch a thrill on the COUNTRY'S BEST COASTERS at Cedar Point or Geauga Lake.
www.cedarpoint.com or www.geaugalake.com
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TRAVEL BACK IN TIME. Spend a Saturday afternoon at Yoder's, an authentic 116-acre Amish farm, then stock up on PB&J supplies at Smucker's own retail store in Orrville.
www.yoddersamishhome.com and www.simplysmuckers.com
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Come to the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME any 4th Wednesday evening for a free class about music.
www.rockhall.com
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Invent something at Akron's NATIONAL INVENTOR'S HALL OF FAME.
www.invent.org
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Go behind-the-scenes. TOUR JACOBS FIELD Press Box, dugout, Club Lounge, and indoor batting cages.
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com
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MANGIA (eat!) in Little Italy--start your tour at Mama Santa's followed by a cappuccino and cannoli at Presti's.
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EAT PIZZA IN A CENTURY-OLD COVERED BRIDGE moved to North Kingsville and turned into a restaurant. 440.224.2252
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BUZZ OVER TO HINCKLEY to see why thousands of people (and turkey vultures) descend on the cliffs in April.
www.hinckleytwp.org/news/buzzardday2006.php
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Watch 25 balloons lift off at the September BALLOON-A-FAIR.
www.ravennaballoonafair.com or take your own ride with AMERICA'S UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS over Kent's farmlands and see where the wind takes you. www.balloonfun.net
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Three cheers for environmentally and socially conscious brewing at the GREAT LAKES BREWERY.
www.greatlakesbrewing.com
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Get globally good cheap eats at the WEST SIDE MARKET while being serenaded by vendors hawking their produce and negotiating prices in a dozen different languages.
www.westsidemarket.com
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Drop in to Lakeview Cemetery, "Cleveland's Outdoor Museum & Arboretum,"
and the final resting place of dozens of FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS CLEVELANDERS (including President James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, and Elliot Ness).
www.lakeviewcemetery.com
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SWIM IN A GREAT LAKE or work on your tan at Edgewater Park.
www.clevelandlakefront.org
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BONE UP on your knowledge of Oenology (the study of wine and wine making) by touring any of the three dozen wineries in Northeast Ohio that produce many varieties of white, red, and ice wines.
www.ohiowines.org
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Satisfy your cravings with a free tour and samples at MALLEY'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY in Cleveland.
www.malleys.com
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TAKE SHOPPING TO NEW HEIGHTS at The Avenue at Tower City Center, an historic rail station turned upscale mall with 52 stories, an 11-screen movie theatre and one Hard Rock Cafe.
www.towercitycenter.com
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GET CULTURED. Spend an afternoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art (free admission) then cross the street to hear the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall.
www.clevelandart.org and www.clevelandorchestra.com
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BE A STAR...or just act like one at a film premier at the annual Cleveland International Film Festival March 15-25, 2007.
http://30.clevelandfilmfestival.com
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TAKE A HIKE by the light of the full moon, once a month in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 330.650.4636.
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DINNER & A MOVIE: Experience old-fashioned drive-in eating and "America's Best Cheeseburger" (according to Forbes) at Swenson's followed by an independent film at the Cinemateque at CIA in Cleveland.
www.cia.edu
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GO MINOR LEAGUE. The Indians may rock Jacobs Field, but don't snub the minors while you're here. The Akron Aeros and Lake County Captains have cozy, classy fields...and every seat is a good one.
www.akronaeros.com and www.captainsbaseball.com
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Take a TRIP TO NASA at the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland
www.grc.nasa.gov
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HOWL WITH THE WOLVES at a Wolf Timbers "Howlnight" in Bolivar. 866.874.9653.
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DO THE DERBY and see young soap box racers from all over the world compete every July in Akron.
www.aasbd.com
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