Cleveland Area Attractions

Cedar Point
One Cedar Point Drive • Sandusky, OH 44870 • 419.627.2350
Regularly named the best amusement park in the world, lakefront Cedar Point boasts the world's biggest collection of rides (68) and more roller coasters (15) than any other park in the world. Thrill-seekers love the Magnum XL 200, considered the best steel coaster in the world, as well as the park's new Wicked Twister, touted as the world's first double-twisting impulse coaster featuring 450-degree corkscrews; and Millennium Force, which rises 310 feet and exceeds speeds of 92 miles per hour. Camp Snoopy is an all-ages playland with its own kid-friendly coaster. Also on-site are the 18-acre Soak City water park and Challenge Park, where you and the kids can race stock cars, play mini-golf, and ride RipCord, a "skycoaster" that combines free-fall skydiving and hang gliding.

Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard • Cleveland, OH 64106 • 216.421.7350 • 888.CMA.0033
This museum is renowned for its consistently well-curated temporary exhibitions and its excellent permanent collection. Modern and postmodern movements are especially well chronicled. Among the highlights are Picasso's brilliant and little-seen La Vie, from his early Blue Period, and a massive Monet water lilies canvas.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
One Wade Oval Drive • Cleveland, OH 44106 • 216.231.4600 • 800.317.9155
Here's another fine University Circle museum that, in early 2002, opened its new $6.9-million, sphere-shaped Shafran Planetarium. Among the museum's other draws are an excellent gem and jewels collection; a fascinating array of fossils and geological specimens, with a special emphasis on prehistoric Ohio; and a hands-on natural sciences Discovery Center for the little ones.

Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue • Cleveland, OH 44114 • 216.694.2000
Dramatically situated on the lakefront between the Rock & Roll Hall and the new football stadium, this exciting $55-million museum is a kid-pleaser extraordinaire. A stunning recent addition is the new 3,000-square-foot interactive Great Lakes Environment exhibition. Overall, the museum boasts more than 320 hands-on science experiments that explain through example: You'll learn about velocity by swinging a baseball bat, about momentum on a merry-go-round for one, and so on. An entire floor is dedicated to the latest technology and a state-of-the-art OMNIMAX theater that shows larger-than-life features.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum
One Key Plaza • Cleveland, OH 44114 • 216.515.1228
If any one thing is most responsible for Cleveland's rebirth, this controversial glass-and-porcelain pyramid is it. Designed by I. M. Pei, this temple to rock music is a venerable house of worship or an overblown house of cards, depending on whom you talk to. Ignore the nay-saying and come enjoy it for what it is: a high-concept, multimedia collection of exhibits, archives, and films that tell the story of rock through the ages from its earliest roots through the post-grunge days. There's just no arguing that this is the coolest collection of pop-culture memorabilia around. One of the grooviest recent additions is the Jimi Hendrix Surround Sound Theater and Exhibit, where fans can peruse the legend's guitars, costumes, handwritten lyrics and watercolor landscapes, not to mention revel in electrifying live video highlights of historic performances.

Six Flags Worlds of Adventure
1060 Aurora Road • Aurora, OH 44202 • 330.562.8303
Formerly Geauga Lake Amusement Park, Six Flags recently completed an $80-million expansion and acquired adjacent Sea World Cleveland, making this park the only one of its kind in the world. Among the 10 powerhouse roller coasters are Batman Knight Flight, the world's longest "floorless" coaster (riders are secured solely by shoulder harnesses); Superman Ultimate Escape, the world's first vertical spiraling impulse coaster, with two vertical drops touted as genuine free-fall experiences; and the Villain, a white-knuckle, lightening-fast wooden coaster. New in 2002 is X-Flight, known as a "flying roller coaster," in which riders soar down a 115-foot hill through eight loops, spins, and spirals at 51 miles per hour. For tamer tastes, Looney Tunes characters and all-ages rides are also on hand. Hurricane Harbor water park is included in the price of admission.

Home > Cleveland Attractions