The lighthouse on Lake Michigan isn't open to the public, unfortunately, and $7 for parking doesn't make this worth the stop, imo.
Fun stop! The kids loved "holding the giant can of soup" while I took photos. Worth a 10 minute stop and photo.
Yikes! The neighborhood to the north scared my wife. Had I known we wouldn't have visited this abandoned observatory. The copper roof has been completely stripped, so it's just a matter of time before the place succumbs to the elements.
Neat lighthouse. Well maintained, but it's only open a couple times a month. We missed it by one day. Oh well, next time!
Very cool waterfall about a 15min hike from the trailhead which is located at
42.701969, -78.747879. There's a parking lot off Chestnut Ridge Rd.
May years ago, I worked at Kitt Peak National Observatory and have done some observing using the Burrell Schmidt as well as its sister telescope, the Curtiss Schmidt at CTIO in La Serena, Chile. I had forgotten that the Burrell had started its life in Cleveland.