Travel Resources and Links: Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry: windows, bottles, windshields, construction materials, and glass art, of which the Toledo Museum of Art has a large collection. Some sites of interest are:
- The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally-acclaimed museum located in a Greek Revival building. The Center for Visual Arts addition by Frank Gehry was added in the recent past and the Museum's new Glass Pavilion across Monroe Street opened in August 2006.
- The Toledo zoo - consistently rated as one of the nation's ten best - was the first zoo to feature a hippoquarium-style exhibit.
- The COSI Toledo science museum on the Maumee River in downtown Toledo.
- The Willis B. Boyer is a former Cleveland-Cliffs lake freighter open to the public as a museum, located at International Park, across from downtown Toledo along the Maumee River.
- The R. A. Stranahan Arboretum is a 47-acre arboretum maintained by the University of Toledo.
- The Old West End is an historic neighborhood of Victorian, Arts & Crafts, and other Edwardian style houses recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.
- The world famous Tony Packo's Cafe is located in the Hungarian neighborhood on the east side of Toledo known as Birmingham, and features hot dog buns signed by celebrities.
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