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CINCINNATI: Cincinnati offers a variety of museums and galleries, fine dining and excellent shopping. Its museums include the Behringer-Crawford Museum (archaeology, palaeontology, wildlife, history and art); the Cincinnati Art Museum (masterpieces and African American art); the Contemporary Arts Center (painting, sculpture, photography and other media); Harriet Beecher Stowe House (home of the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin); the Skirball Museum (Jewish history, artefacts, ceremonial objects and paintings); and the Museum Center at Cincinnati Union Terminal, where the Cincinnati Historical Museum and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History are housed in an Art Deco train station. Other attractions include riverboat and steamboat cruises on the Ohio River; the Basilica of the Assumption, with the largest stained-glass window in the world; the Kentucky Horse Center, an escorted tour of a working thoroughbred-training facility; Kentucky Horse Park, a museum celebrating the horse (where horseriding is also available); and the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, the birthplace of the former US President.
CLEVELAND: Cleveland is a city of turn-of-the-century architecture and grand public monuments, with diverse neighbourhoods and miles of lakefront park and beaches. Cleveland’s museums include the African American Museum; the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum (with over 200 vintage cars and aircraft); Hower House (a 28-room Victorian mansion); the Kent State University Museum (a fashion museum); the Temple Tifereth-Israel Museum; and Trolleyville (a streetcar and locomotive museum).
The Steamship William G Mather (a floating steamship museum), the Great Lakes Science Center and the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame and Museum are among the highlights in the North Coast Harbor area. The Flats, once the centre of heavy industry, is now the primary entertainment district. The Historic Warehouse District is on the National Register of Historic Places and has some of Cleveland’s finest architecture, as well as art galleries, restaurants and shops.
University Circle, 8km (5 miles) east of downtown, is the cultural centre of Cleveland, thanks to the Cleveland Museum of Art (Asian and medieval European art), the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Children’s Museum.
The African Safari Wildlife Park is the Midwest’s only drive-through safari, while Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and the Rainforest, south of the city centre, is one of the oldest zoos in the country, with more than 3300 animals. The Rainforest features animals and insects in realistic habitats, with simulated tropical thunderstorms and an 8m-high (25ft) waterfall. East of the city, the Holden Arboretum is the largest in the USA.
COLUMBUS: Columbus, the largest city in Ohio, is home to the Children’s Museum, the excellent Ohio Historical Center (exploring the historyof the Ohio region along with exhibitions of decorative arts); Ohio Village (a recreated pre-Civil War town); the Wexner Center for the Arts; the Columbus Museum of Art (European Impressionist, post-Impressionist and German Expressionist masterpieces); Ohio’s Center of Science and Industry; and the restored boyhood home of the writer/cartoonist James Thurber.
Two of the most interesting neighbourhoods are the lavishly restored German Village, with superb architecture, fine restaurants and taverns, and the 27-acre Brewery District, the vintage beer-making factories of which now contain restaurants, speciality shops and taverns.
Other attractions include Columbus Zoo; Wyandot Lake Amusement and Water Park, with 13 water slides and a wave pool; a replica of the Santa Maria, moored on the Scioto River; Franklin Park Conservatory, a crystal palace with tropical plants and recreations of seven ecosystems; and the Short North Gallery District, with contemporary galleries and shops selling everything from glass sculpture to second-hand clothing.
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