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Located within the Cuyahoga Valley, Hale Farm and Village, a property of the Western Reserve Historical Society, serves as a time-traveling machine to the past. Experience the sights and sounds of a bustling, mid-1800s Western Reserve township inhabited by costumed interpreters. Artisans show off their skills in candlemaking, glassblowing, spinning, carpentry and blacksmithing. Their wares can be purchased in the Museum Shop.

Slip back in time on board the vintage railroad coaches that run through the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park along the Cuyahoga River and the Ohio & Erie Canalway. Choose from a variety of destinations, including the historic Village of Peninsula, Hale Farm & Village and Quaker Square. The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad also offers nature excursions guided by a park ranger.

Frank A. Seiberling, co-founder of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, once called this 65-room country estate home. French and Italian reproduction furniture, eighteenth-century British portraits and priceless antique heirlooms make up the home's original furnishings. Everyday items like telephones, radiators and closets are hidden behind carved wooden panels and decorative grillwork. Lagoons, formal gardens, a greenhouse and stunning rows of silver birch trees make the outside just as inviting

The Akron Zoo, an accredited World Conservation Zoo, houses more than 700 animals, including the endangered Humboldt penguins, snow leopards, Sumatran tigers, jaguars and Komodo dragons.

The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States. The museum first opened its doors on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library.