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With a sprawling façade both unabashedly retro and decidedly modern, the Pro Football Hall of Fame begins making an impression before visitors exit Interstate 77. A mural-sized banner covering one of the brick walls proudly proclaims the “Class of 2019: Kickoff of the NFL’s 100th Season.”

The junction of Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road teems with a steady stream of cars criss-crossing the intersection, only pausing at the change of the traffic lights when clumps of students from Case Western University shuffle across the street at the sharp chirp of the traffic officer’s whistle.

The immersion begins with ones first step on the trail to the Cleland Zoo’s RainForest, as visitors pass under the foliage-draped sign and meander down the verdant path, the sun barely piercing through the tangle of tree limbs overhead.

Three low, wide steps end at the sidewalk, a short distance separating visitors from the wooden double doors of the Museum of Divine Statues, located in the former St. Hedwig’s church. Converted from a community hall in 1975, the church served the parish of St. Hedwig, established in 1914 to serve the needs of Lakewood’s Roman Catholic Polish residents. In 2009, amid changing demographics and lack of priests and funds, the church was part of the 50 downsized parishes in Cleveland’s eight-county diocese; it closed that November. It didn’t remain shuttered for long.

High peaks and twisted, snaking forms of eighteen roller coasters rise out of the peninsula, greeting visitors in advance traveling along the Lake Erie Shoreway.