There is so much history here and I don't even know where to begin with this review…read more Lakeview is home to the Oldest Stone House which is now a museum. I really enjoyed learning so much about this house. I love history. Admission is free. Come and view the house which is open for limited hours on Wednesdays and Sundays. They are open from 1pm - 4pm on Wednesdays and 2pm - 5pm on Sundays. I came on a Sunday afternoon last weekend (November 4, 2018). The tour guide (docent) was very knowledgable about the house and other general things to know about Lakewood. Many things in the house came from the 1800's era and also from the Nicholson House. FACTS ON THE HOUSE - There are so many so I'll share some of my favourites: - It was built in 1834 and the owner was John Honam. - Original house was on Detroit Ave. before being moved to the current location. - A piece of John's tombstone is the only thing left from the original owner of this house. Nothing else in the house now is original. There are actually tombstones of other people from the 1800 - 1900 at the back of the house and those are original. - John Honam immigrated from Scotland. His daughter, Belle (Isabella) is who Belle street by the park is named after. - "Sleep tight" term supposedly came from tightening the ropes on beds since the beds were made out of ropes. - Sofa in the living room parlor belonged to Rev. Louis Burton, who owned a church in the Ohio City neighbourhood of Cleveland. - Spinning wheel that you see inside the house (big and small) is to spin wool into thread to make into fabric. - House became a upholstery shop later on and had other uses as well. - Necessary chair that you see upstairs is to pee and poop since there was no running water back in that era. There were no actual toilets inside the house during that time period. LOCATION - It is just next to Lakewood Park. The main entrance of the park is at Belle and Lake Avenues. The entrance to the museum parking lot is the next one going West. If you get to Lakewood Catholic Academy at the stop light you have gone too far. The actual address is 14710 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107. **** This is my 153rd Yelp review overall. 107 total reviews for 2018.

Nice facility. Seemed to be ideal for children's programs. We walked around and saw tanks with…read morefrogs, turtles, fish, and a snake. Outside were caged areas for rescued raptors, including an Eagle. Renovations plans will turn the outdoors into a larger area for viewing. Lots of parking. Handicapped accessible.

Amazing museum located in Bay Village, Ohio. We visited here for an evening planetarium show on the…read morenight sky. So glad we did. The staff members were wonderful. It was our first time visiting, and they were very helpful. Really enjoyed the planetarium show. Very informative. The staff member who led the show did an awesome job. Great projection system at this planetarium. We will definitely visit here again soon!

Love this place. Great little area to hike and see some nature. Just a great place for a walk on…read moreany day.

Well maintained…read more This is still a great park to visit anytime of the year. Easy, paved walking trail. Always something in bloom or plants to see no matter what time of the year. They have 2 bathrooms for taking children when waking the trail that are both clean. Great play area for kids. Small playground, maze and a rock climbing area.

Such a cool place to check out! I've taken friends & family and everyone always loves it!read more

Beautiful artwork and wonderfully restored pieces. Inside is peaceful with soothing music playing…read morein the background. Some displays utilize current technology to learn more about specific items. A hidden local gem and worth the visit even if you're not religiously inclined.

I had no idea this house was in Cleveland! This block is a must-visit for movie fans in general,…read moreand definitely ones of A Christmas Story. Their family home is the main draw, and it looks exactly as it did in the film complete with the major award in the window. I was told people lived here and eventually gave up due to privacy, now it's available to rent to stay for short times! Next door is the bully's house as well, with a museum and welcome center across the street. Street parking is plentiful, they have a small dedicated lot at the store. There are lots of great restaurants and pubs nearby too.

We weren't planning to spend a day at the iconic house museum from A Christmas Story. One of our…read morekids spotted the advertising brochure in the Local Attractions rack in a hotel lobby. We came to Lorraine Ohio for a girls dance competition, and had an afternoon off. This museum is like no other I've ever visited. We started at the gift shop what an amazing display of artifacts, memorabilia, and Christmas decor, much of it styled out of the 1940s era. While there we had a pleasure of meeting the young lady who played the part of Santa's elf at Higby's department store. She had returned for a reunion weekend with a cast from the movie. The neighborhood looks very much the same the scenes in the movie. The house itself is beautifully restored inside and out. Unlike other museums, this one is extremely interactive. I crawled underneath the kitchen sink and had my kids take photos of me. My granddaughter put Randy's bib around her neck and gobbled away at a dinner plate. Upstairs we rattled around through the bedrooms, the bathroom (the decoder ring was sitting on the sink). I highly recommend this museum!

I'm an experienced "houser," if that is our term, and I came to Hauntville after having not gone…read moresince I was about 9. Reason being I moved out of Ohio and before that I lived about three hours away from it's old location, near (now) Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky. That said, it impressed me even then with its combo stylishness/slyness. It's not enough to just scream and pop out. That's cheap. You have to be creative and use standard props in an interesting way. Hauntville did and does this. I visited them this Halloween season in the Elyria location and despite being woefully understaffed the creativity remained in high order. one of the most interesting psychological elements was in the Prison house. Not to spoil the surprise but the Warden character (good actor, btw) was always in an "elevated state," making the customer feel more helpless. Little atmospheric touches like this abound, especially in the succinct but suspenseful "Unknown" pitch black maze with multiple awesome "fun house" elements mixed in. Hauntville has HIDDEN RIDES within a few rooms. So fun. AND more BIG HEAD PUPPETS than any other haunt which are more customizable than animatronics, especially when the actors are strong and they are here. You can tell they care. Most of them could improv for days, especially the ticket taker at the Haunted Bayoo/Shanty house. (How many people can riff about "sister-cousins" breathlessly for ten mins straight?) Shout-out to Kristi for really making me feel welcome and appreciated.

My husband and I visited on a Friday right around 7:30pm. We didn't have to buy fast passes as the…read morelines weren't long. I don't want to give away too much...but it was a good haunted house. I'm not a fan of being scared by loud noises and there were a TON of horns and whatnot. Hauntville had a lot of unique scares and things that were different than other houses. The actors with the chainsaws touched your legs with the fake saws and there were a couple big objects that ran right into me.

Words can not express how awesome it is that someone is preserving artifacts from closed church's…read more Once these church's are gone we need to still remember them. As of 2-22-25 they are open on Saturday from 12-4pm. This is a small, but GREAT museum. There is a small admission fee.

Statues are beautiful and displayed in a lovely setting. Thank God someone decided to save these…read morepriceless statues (and stained glass windows) from Catholic Churches forced to close!! Sadly, one doesn't see many statues like these in churches today - where it seems they are opting for more modern art :(

This is an amazing and very interesting museum! My family and I had a great time learning not only…read moreabout the history of news printing, but also the history of vermillion itself. This museum has a little bit for everybody! 10/10.

This museum is a living history experience, located in the very print shop and weekly newspaper…read morethat served Vermilion, Ohio, from 1897-1964. After closing all the equipment remained in place, sitting dormant until 2012 when the doors of the museum opened to the public. It's exactly as it was 50 years ago - this place is a true time warp! If your looking for Disney, this isn't it though - this a classic small town newspaper, literally just as it was when it shut down in 1964. Worn floors, printers type, the smell of printers ink....it's all there. Want to know how information was disseminated before your cell phone/ Fox News/ CNN? Check it out! Upstairs is a period museum of the family that lived there - back when you lived above your business, especially if it was a newspaper (the News never stopped, even back then). Just a great place to experience the past - not the "pretty" or "Disney-fied" past - the way it truly was.