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• Tour Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (website: www.freedomcenter.org), focusing on the struggle for freedom experienced by runaway slaves. See five history galleries, changing exhibits and a Slave Jail.
• Visit the Museum Center (website: www.cincymuseum.org) at Cincinnati Union Terminal, where the Cincinnati Historical Museum and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History are housed in an art deco train station. The Baseball as America exhibition will delight sports fans.
• Tour Cleveland's Holden Arboretum (website: www.holdenarb.org), the largest in the USA.
• Go underground in Hocking Hills State Park and explore Ash Cave, Ohio's largest recess cave, with a 27m- (90ft-) high waterfall (website: www.hockinghills.com). Don't miss the Rock House (a series of large rooms mysteriously carved into the side of a cliff), the 46m- (150ft-) high Cantwell Cliffs and Hocking Forest, where rock climbing is permitted.
• Visit Johnny Appleseed country in the picturesque north central region. Attend a musical drama in the outdoor amphitheatre (seating 1,600) at the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center (website: www.jahci.org) in Ashland.
• Do a little wine tasting on Middle Bass Island (website: www.middlebass.org). The island is dominated by the Gothic castle of the Lonz Winery, established in 1860 and still making wine.
• Explore Kelleys Island (website: www.kelleysisland.com), on the National Register of Historic Places. Along with old, picturesque homes, it offers historical sights such as Inscription Rock, an exceptionally large Native American pictograph.
• Discover art treasures at the century-old Toledo Museum of Art (website: www.toledomuseum.org) and adjacent University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts (website: www.cva.utoledo.edu). They are among the top 10 art museums in the USA.
• Relive the historic moment in 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Visit the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, named in his honour.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Visit the Museum Center (website: www.cincymuseum.org) at Cincinnati Union Terminal, where the Cincinnati Historical Museum and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History are housed in an art deco train station. The Baseball as America exhibition will delight sports fans.
• Tour Cleveland's Holden Arboretum (website: www.holdenarb.org), the largest in the USA.
• Go underground in Hocking Hills State Park and explore Ash Cave, Ohio's largest recess cave, with a 27m- (90ft-) high waterfall (website: www.hockinghills.com). Don't miss the Rock House (a series of large rooms mysteriously carved into the side of a cliff), the 46m- (150ft-) high Cantwell Cliffs and Hocking Forest, where rock climbing is permitted.
• Visit Johnny Appleseed country in the picturesque north central region. Attend a musical drama in the outdoor amphitheatre (seating 1,600) at the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center (website: www.jahci.org) in Ashland.
• Do a little wine tasting on Middle Bass Island (website: www.middlebass.org). The island is dominated by the Gothic castle of the Lonz Winery, established in 1860 and still making wine.
• Explore Kelleys Island (website: www.kelleysisland.com), on the National Register of Historic Places. Along with old, picturesque homes, it offers historical sights such as Inscription Rock, an exceptionally large Native American pictograph.
• Discover art treasures at the century-old Toledo Museum of Art (website: www.toledomuseum.org) and adjacent University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts (website: www.cva.utoledo.edu). They are among the top 10 art museums in the USA.
• Relive the historic moment in 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Visit the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, named in his honour.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
