Aaron Sagers Dec 23, 2019
We have a guide to the best haunted, true crime, pop culture, and just plain weird destinations in Cleveland, Oh for you!
This article is presented to you by Red Roof Inn.
Cleveland rocks. English musician Ian Hunter knew it when he debuted the song of the same name in 1979. Cleveland native Drew Carey knew it when he used a cover of the city’s anthem by The Presidents of the United States of America as the opening theme of his Cleveland-set TV show in 1997. And Ohio kid LeBron James has known it – twice – since starting his pro career there in 2003. The first in the nation to be called an All-American City, Cleveland is the home of Olympian Jesse Owens, Chef Boyardee, Superman, and Rock and Roll.
So, to celebrate the second largest city in Ohio, let’s take quick trip through some tourist hot spots of Cleveland.
We have a guide to the best haunted, true crime, pop culture, and just plain weird destinations in Cleveland, Oh for you!
This article is presented to you by Red Roof Inn.
Cleveland rocks. English musician Ian Hunter knew it when he debuted the song of the same name in 1979. Cleveland native Drew Carey knew it when he used a cover of the city’s anthem by The Presidents of the United States of America as the opening theme of his Cleveland-set TV show in 1997. And Ohio kid LeBron James has known it – twice – since starting his pro career there in 2003. The first in the nation to be called an All-American City, Cleveland is the home of Olympian Jesse Owens, Chef Boyardee, Superman, and Rock and Roll.
So, to celebrate the second largest city in Ohio, let’s take quick trip through some tourist hot spots of Cleveland.
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- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Columnist Bob Herbert is leaving the New York Times.
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Herbert, who was the first regular African-American op-ed columnist at the Times, is leaving the paper after 18 years. His final column appeared today.
“The deadlines and demands were a useful discipline but for some time now I have grown eager to move beyond the constriction of the column format, with its rigid 800-word limit, in favor of broader and more versatile efforts. So I am leaving The New York Times and...
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- by WSJ Staff
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