22. Cleveland, OH

Like Baltimore, Cleveland uses its harbor to its advantage. It is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Indians, the Cleveland Cavaliers, botanical gardens, art and history museums, amazing shopping, classical and modern concerts, a science center, a zoo (with the country's largest collection of primates and a rainforest), broadway productions, Cedar Point Amusement Park (one of the best in the world with 68 rides and 16 roller coasters), a NASA facility, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the shores of Lake Erie for all of your boating, fishing, and watersports.Whether you are spending a week or a night, Cleveland is perfect for those in search of city-life on a smaller scale than Chicago or the Big Apple. It's another city that reminds me of Syracuse, complete with rainy days and all, but offers enough to do indoors to get away from it and enough days of sunshine to enjoy the inner harbor. The restaurants and bars are priced fairly and offer something for every taste. There is just way too much here to get into detail on each feature, but you will not be disappointed. Like Baltimore and Syracuse, you really need to spend some time there to realize how great the city really is, but you'll forget about your watch more and more with each passing day there. Check their calendars for upcoming events and festivals as well as they have many to offer. Be careful if you are just driving through as you will come upon the sharpest turn in the history of major American highways... when the signs tell you to slow down for a big curve, believe them. Driving is the only really bad thing about the city as they rank second in my book of stupid drivers just behind people from Indiana.