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Before you don cap and gown and transform into COLLEGE GRADUATE, make sure you've had the full off-campus tour of all Northeast Ohio has to offer.



1 Toboggan the refridgerated ice chutes at MILL STREAM RUN in Strongsville.
www.clemetparks.com/recreation/tobogganing/
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2 Catch a thrill on the COUNTRY'S BEST COASTERS at Cedar Point.
www.cedarpoint.com
3 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.smuckers.com/shop_smuckers/store_cafe/
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4 Come to the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME any 4th Wednesday evening for a free class about music.
www.rockhall.com
5 Invent something at Akron's NATIONAL INVENTOR'S HALL OF FAME.
www.invent.org
6 Go behind-the-scenes. TOUR PROGRESSIVE FIELD Press Box, dugout, Club Lounge, and indoor batting cages.
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com
7 MANGIA (eat!) in Little Italy--start your tour at Mama Santa's followed by a cappuccino and cannoli at Presti's.
http://www.littleitalycleveland.com
8 EAT PIZZA IN A CENTURY-OLD COVERED BRIDGE moved to North Kingsville and turned into a restaurant. 440.224.2252
9 BUZZ OVER TO HINCKLEY to see why thousands of people (and turkey vultures) descend on the cliffs in April.
www.hinckleytwp.org/news/buzzardhistory.php
10 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
11 Three cheers for environmentally and socially conscious brewing at the GREAT LAKES BREWERY.
www.greatlakesbrewing.com
12 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
13 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
14 SWIM IN A GREAT LAKE or work on your tan at Edgewater Park.
www.ohiodnr.com/parks/clevelkf/tabid/721/
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15 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
16 Satisfy your cravings with a free tour and samples at MALLEY'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY in Cleveland.
www.malleys.com
17 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 theater and one Hard Rock Cafe.
www.towercitycenter.com
18 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
19 BE A STAR...or just act like one at a film premiere at the annual Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 2009.
http://www.clevelandfilm.org/
20 TAKE A HIKE by the light of the full moon, once a month in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
www.nps.gov/cuva/planyourvisit/events.htmt
21 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
22 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
23 Take a TRIP TO NASA at the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland
www.grc.nasa.gov
24 HOWL WITH THE WOLVES at a Wolf Timbers' "Howlnight" in Bolivar..
www.wolftimbers.com/visitor.html
25 DO THE DERBY and see young soap box racers from all over the world compete every July in Akron.
www.aasbd.com