July 2010 Cleveland

Terminal Tower's 52 stories were completed in 1930, making it the tallest building between Chicago and New York until 1992. Now part of 35-acre shopping and office complex, Tower City Center is the hub for the Rapid Transit Authority's bus system. The Tower's observation deck, on the 42nd floor, is not currently open to the public.

10 acres of gardens open to the public year-round. The Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse with its Costa Rican cloud forest and Madagascar spiny desert is the centerpiece of the newly renovated and expanded center. Other gardens include the Rose Garden, a Japanese garden, the Western Reserve Herb Society Garden, the award-winning Hershey Children's Garden, the Gateway Public Garden, a Topiary Garden, and the Terrace and lily Pond. Gift shop and cafe on premises. Cleveland Botanical Garden sponsors many classes, symposia and lectures. Call ahead for group tours.

Hours:
Open Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Open Sunday, Noon - 5 p.m.
Admission: $7 for adults

The Cleveland Botanical Garden (CBGARDEN.ORG or 216-721-1600) was founded in 1930 as the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, the first such organization in an American city. A glass house that displays recreations of two of the earth's most fragile ecosystems -- the spiny desert of Madagascar and the misty cloud forest of Costa Rica.

Tickets and Admission
Adults: $7.50
Seniors: $6.50

Admissions information: (216) 298-4919 or info@achristmasstoryhouse.com

Tickets include access to both A Christmas Story House and the accompanying museum.

Tickets can be purchased at the museum gift shop or in advance in our online gift shop.

The museum and gift shop are both located across the street from A Christmas Story House. The museum is directly accross the street and the gift shop is in a seperate house (white with black trim) to the left of the museum.

Video recording and flash photography are not permitted inside A Christmas Story House or Museum. Still photography without a flash is permitted.

Hours of Operation

“A Christmas Story” House and Museum is open year around.

Our hours of operation are:
Thursday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Sundays 12pm-5pm

Tours run every half hour with the last tour at 4:30.

Tickets must be purchased prior to the last tour.

Tickets can be purchased at our gift shop located diagonally across the street from the house.

Parking and Transportation

Street parking is available at no charge.

Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland
World War II American submarine permanently docked on the lakefront, at the western edge of Burke Lakefront Airport, about one block east of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Hours: daily 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. May through Sept.
Admission: adult - $7; senior citizen - $6

Go at off-hours because there's often a line at Aladdin's Bakery and Market (alladinseatery.com or 216-932-4333). That's understandable when you try their falafel, spinach pies and gyro wraps or other entrees. The pita made here is popular enough to be shipped to stores in five states. You can get a very filling vegetarian meal for less than $6.

Go at off-hours because there's often a line at Aladdin's Bakery and Market (alladinseatery.com or 216-932-4333). That's understandable when you try their falafel, spinach pies and gyro wraps or other entrees. The pita made here is popular enough to be shipped to stores in five states. You can get a very filling vegetarian meal for less than $6.

Go at off-hours because there's often a line at Aladdin's Bakery and Market (alladinseatery.com or 216-932-4333). That's understandable when you try their falafel, spinach pies and gyro wraps or other entrees. The pita made here is popular enough to be shipped to stores in five states. You can get a very filling vegetarian meal for less than $6.