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LIST | 5 places to spend a rainy day in Northeast Ohio

Check out this list of five places to visit when life gives you a rain delay this summer.

Look, I know what you're thinking. "DeNatale, why are you tempting fate by thinking about rainy days when we want it to be sunny this summer?"

Unfortunately, even thinking positive can't stop the rains from making their way through Northeast Ohio this summer.

However, we can tell you some of the best ways to still get out and enjoy some of what are area has to offer, even when the weather isn't cooperating.

Here's a list of five places to visit when life gives you a rain delay this summer.

1. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Fresh off of hosting the 2018 induction ceremonies, the Rock Hall is hopping with plenty of great things to see this summer. Check out the Stay Tuned: Rock on TV exhibit, chronicling how television and rock & roll have reflected social values, shaped the youth culture and created icons.

Also, you can celebrate the legacy of the 'Fab Four' with the exhibit "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Beatles" as part of the hall's British Invasion collection.

And don't forget the best news of all: Thanks to a $10 million grant from KeyBank (the largest gift in the museum's history), the Rock Hall recently launched its "CLE VIP" initiative, which will allow all Cleveland residents to have free access to the Rock Hall for the next 10 years.

For you non-Cleveland residents, Click here to buy tickets.

2. Sky Zone

With locations in Westlake, Highland Heights, Canton, and Hudson, there's fun right around the corner from wherever you are in Northeast Ohio. Sky Zone is the original and premier indoor trampoline park. You can enjoy trampoline dodgeball and dunking, foam pit, the warrior course, birthday parties and more. If the kids are having cabin fever, what better way for them to let out some energy!

Our very own Austin Love checked out Sky Zone recently and had a blast!

Click here to purchase tickets

3. The museums of University Circle

There are no shortage of museums for the whole family to enjoy in and around University Circle. For instance:

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is featuring Sailing for Science: The Voyage of the Blossom until Aug. 5. You can set a course for adventure in this Museum-created exhibit celebrating the fabled voyage of the Blossom. Explore tales of mutiny, adventure and discovery as you experience the expedition that built the Museum’s collections nearly a century ago.

Check out what's happening at the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Children's Museum of Cleveland was once at University Circle, but is now in the Midtown portion of Cleveland on Euclid Avenue, just two blocks from I-90, I-77, and I-71. It features a three-acre gated property with three times as much exhibit space as its former location with ample parking.

4. The Greater Cleveland Aquarium

Located in the West Bank of the Flats, the Aquarium features countless activities for the whole family. Mark your calendars for the week of July 22-29 as the Greater Cleveland Aquarium presents Fin Fest, a week-long celebration of all things shark.

If you want to get a jump on Fin Fest, check out the Aquarium's live Shark-Cam

Click here to purchase tickets.

5. Great Lakes Science Center

The next-door neighbor of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has plenty to offer in its own right this summer.

Featured exhibits include TapeScape-Sticky Science! Everyone is familiar with the unmistakable shrrrrrrrriiiippp sound that tape makes as it’s coming off the roll, but there’s more to this everyday material than you ever imagined!

Make sure you check out the NASA Glenn Visitor Center, where you’ll find an awesome space experience with galleries, interactive exhibits, fascinating artifacts and amazing NASA media.

Click here to purchase all-day, general admission tickets to the Great Lakes Science Center

In the Cleveland Clinic Dome Theater, ​"Amazon Adventure" tells the epic, true story of explorer Henry Bates' fascinating 11 year journey through the visually stunning and biodiverse Amazon rainforest as a young man who risks his life for science in the 1850s.

Also, trace the roots of American music with Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc in “America’s Musical Journey,” a giant-screen documentary from the team that produced “National Parks Adventure."

Both films require separate purchases. Click here for more.

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