Cleveland Among the album titles by Cleveland's favorite son, rocker Michael Stanley, were Heartland and North Coast. The two musical compilations sum up Cleveland's locale: North Coast of America's heartland. Sitting on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland is about as Midwest as Midwest gets. Part of a megalopolis that includes Akron, Youngstown, Canton and Toledo, Cleveland is no longer Ohio's biggest city (a distinction that now belongs to Columbus), but it is Ohio's center of culture and activity. Home to three of Ohio's six major professional sports teams, a world-famous orchestra and such new pearls as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...Cleveland Overview