Akron Zoo
Under $25A midsize zoo in downtown Akron with tigers, Komodo dragons, and a popular Grizzly Ridge exhibit.

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is an attraction in Akron, OH, part of the Cleveland guide. Cost: under $25. Open April through December 30, closed Mondays; closed January through March.
714 N Portage Path · Akron, OH
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is the Akron estate of F.A. Seiberling, co-founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, built from 1912 to 1915 as a Tudor Revival manor of 64,500 square feet. You can tour the Manor House, with a formal dining room that seats 40 and an indoor swimming pool. Outside, 70 acres hold the English Garden redesigned by Ellen Biddle Shipman, a Japanese Garden, the Gate Lodge and the Corbin Conservatory.
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