Cleveland

About this city

Also known as: The Rock and Roll Capital of the World, The Forest City

Cleveland, the county seat of Cuyahoga County and a monumental global metropolitan hub, is dynamically positioned along the southern bluffs of Lake Erie at the mouth of the winding Cuyahoga River. Founded in 1796 by pioneer Moses Cleaveland, the city evolved into an immense early 20th-century industrial giant and shipping node for iron ore, steel, and automotive refinement, funded by oil barons like John D. Rockefeller. Today, Cleveland has achieved an extraordinary urban renaissance, reinventing its identity into a world-class epicenter for cutting-edge clinical healthcare, advanced biotechnology, and higher education. The city blends its fierce, rock-and-roll pop-culture identity with the globally revered Cleveland Orchestra, beautiful emerald necklake park networks, and a vibrant lakeside downtown landscape.