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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kent, Ohio

Updated October 30, 2018
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Kent, Ohio

Site of Kent State Shootings

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
A map at the Visitors Center lays out student protests across the USA in 1970.

Kent, Ohio

Kent State May 4 Visitors Center

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.
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The Little Falls.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

The Little Falls

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.
6 miles from Kent

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Cathedral Tower

An unfinished revolving restaurant on a church campus towers over suburban Northeast Ohio
7 miles from Kent
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Akron, Ohio

Site of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I a Woman' Speech

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
9 miles from Kent
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Akron, Ohio

The Glendale Steps

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
9 miles from Kent
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Akron, Ohio

Goodyear Airdock

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
10 miles from Kent
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