Lakeside Chautauqua is the only Ohio town named to Coastal Living’s list of 10 Best Little Beach Towns on the Great Lakes. “Since 1874, Lakeside has been Ohio’s answer to New York’s Chautauqua,” the magazine writes. “Tidy 19th-century summer cottages remain the heart of this quiet beach town. Stroll the village’s Lakefront Path, overflowing beds…

North Coast Harbor used to be a parking lot. The water hemmed in by Voinovich Park? Yep, it was blacktop serving Cleveland Municipal Stadium, said Downtown Cleveland Alliance President Joe Marinucci. But for decades long before that, Cleveland’s front porch — downtown district stretching from Burke Lakefront Airport to FirstEnergy Stadium, dubbed “Where the city…

Looking to get active on the lakeshore? Cleveland’s front porch, North Coast Harbor, offers sports nearly every weeknight this summer. And many of them are free! You can get in shape for your first 5K, get zen doing yoga on the grass of Voinovich Park, play volleyball with your pals or even toss a Bocce…

Mark your calendars for Cleveland Metroparks’ free summer concerts Thursdays at Edgewater Live and Friday at Euclid Beach Live, beginning May 31 and June 1 and running through the first week of August. Aside from the bands, visitors can sample a rotating lineup of more than a dozen Cleveland food trucks each week and enjoy…

The U.S. Navy is coming to Cleveland this summer during one of only 14 Navy Weeks nationwide in 2018. The Navy and its ships will be in port Aug. 27-Sept. 2. That coincides with the Cleveland National Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport on Labor Day weekend, featuring the iconic U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying acrobatics…

This traditional white Colonial in Lakeline Village in Lake County comes with a picket fence and a private beach on Lake Erie. The 3,800-square-foot, five-bedroom, two-bathroom house is listed at $550,000. It was built in 1923 and includes a living room with granite fireplace, sunroom, kitchen with hickory cabinets, three-car garage and walk-out basement with…

Pack a picnic and wow your date on the shores of Lake Erie. The concept is deceptively simple: a little food al fresco. But a picnic shows your thoughtfulness. Add a plaid blanket in a classic basket, and you’ve got a picturesque setting that will make your Instagram followers swoon. We haven’t quite reached beach…

Meet Megan Patton, a Western Reservation Rowing Association board member who has rowed in the association summer league for seven years. She started when her oldest son joined the crew team freshman year for St. Ignatius High School. Some of the moms wanted to try. “It just looked really fun,” said Patton,  55, of Fairview…

You gotta have the right wind to surf in Cleveland. When the winds are blowing hard from the northeast, surfers grab their wetsuits and boards and head to the beach, no matter the temperature. And on Sunday, that air temperature was 38 degrees. Water temperature: 39 degrees. And it was raining. Why is this fun?…

Cleveland – along with its Lake Erie neighbor, Detroit — ranks near the top for plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Together, the United States and Canada discard 22 million pounds of plastic into Great Lakes waters, according to a Rochester Institute of Technology study. Much of it — including fast-food straws, cigar tips and…