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The Rest of the State

  Ohio, The Rest of the State

The Rest of the State: -

The Southeast: With its high hills, steep ravines and beautiful waterfalls, this region is known as Ohio’s outback and can be observed in Wayne National Forest and from Archer’s Fork Loop, a 15km (9.5-mile) hiking trail. Hocking Hills State Park is home to Ash Cave (Ohio’s largest recess cave, with a 27m-high (90ft) waterfall), Cedar Falls, Rock House (a series of large rooms mysteriously carved into the side of a cliff), the 46m-high (150ft) Cantwell Cliffs and Hocking Forest, where rock climbing is permitted.
Chillicothe, Ohio’s first capital, is surrounded by historical sites such as the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, one of the greatest concentrations of Hopewell Native American burial sites. The town also offers the Adena State Memorial, built in 1807, and Ross County Historical Society Museum. The town of Marietta was the first organised American settlement in the Northwest Territories. Historical sites include Campus Martius Museum (the site of the first government and the fortification that protected the settlers during the Ohio Native American Wars in 1790-94), the Ohio River Museum and theatre performances on the Showboat Becky Thatcher.
Zanesville offers a narrated ride on a sternwheeler and the National Road/Zane Grey Museum, with information about the building of America’s first highway and Zanesville’s famous Western writer. Twenty-four kilometres (15 miles) south of Zanesville is The Wilds, a 9000-acre nature reserve. Athens has a college-town atmosphere with a four-block area of narrow brick streets, historic buildings and interesting shops. The Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, the former home of a famous Ohioan sausage-maker, includes a 19th-century stagecoach stop, an authentic log-cabin village, a farm museum, horseriding and canoeing excursions.
The town of Pomeroy is perched on the edge of a sandstone cliff high above the Ohio River and the 1848 Meigs County Courthouse is one of the most picturesque buildings in southern Ohio. A scenic drive along the river leads to Gallipolis, originally settled by the French and possessing an interesting historic district and French art-colony galleries at Riverby, a historic Federal-style home.

The Northeast: The world’s largest Amish population resides in the northeast’s Holmes, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Stark counties, a haven of country shops selling everything from handwoven baskets, handmade quilts and antiques to homemade cornmeal. For a glimpse into the Amish lifestyle, the Yoder’s Amish Home in Holmes County offers two reproduction Amish farmhouses and buggy rides for children.
The town of Canton has a museum complex that includes the McKinley National Memorial (with memorabilia on the assassinated president), the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Discover World and the Museum of History, Science and Industry. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is also located here. In Mansfield, there is the Richland Carrousel Park and Kingwood Center, a mansion and flower park with English gardens, landscaped ponds and strutting peacocks. Youngstown features the Butler Institute of American Art and Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labour, which highlights the steel industry that made the city famous. The 65-room Tudor-style Stan Hywet Hall, in Akron, is the largest private residence in Ohio and has formal English and Japanese gardens. Outside the city, Six Flags World of Adventure is an amusement park that includes the former Sea World of Ohio and a water fun park.
The 33,000-acre Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area encompasses a 35km-long (22-mile) river surrounded by steep, forested hills, sandstone gorges and hidden waterfalls popular with birdwatchers and hikers. Within this area is also the Hale Farm and Village, a living-history museum depicting life in the mid-1800s.

The Central Area: In the Columbus area is a circle of historic small towns, such as Granville, with its 19th-century shops, museums, landmark inns and fine restaurants. Lancaster has Square 13 (one of America’s most beautiful and well-preserved residential blocks), The Sherman House Museum (with memorabilia on this famous political family) and The Georgian Museum (a restored mansion with period furniture). Circleville has outstanding architecture and numerous antique shops.
The Ohio Caverns are the State’s largest caves, while the Zane Caverns, 8km (5 miles) east of Bellefontaine, contain amazing pearl-like deposits. Also in the area is the Mad River Mountain Resort ski hill.
Sites which give an insight into the Native American culture in the region are Flint Ridge State Memorial and Museum in Brownsville, built over a flint pit used by the Hopewell, with exhibits on how they made weapons; and Moundbuilders State Memorial in Newark, great circular earthworks, 366m (1200ft) in diameter with 2-4m (8-14ft) walls, created over 2000 years ago by Hopewell Native Americans; the adjacent Moundbuilders Museum is the first museum in the USA exclusively devoted to prehistoric Native American art.

The Northwest: Lake Erie is the main attraction in this area, with boating, fishing and tours of the islands offered by a number of operators. On South Bass Island, the Victorian-style village of Put-in-Bay offers plenty of gift shops, vintage saloons and fine restaurants. The 97m-high (317ft) observation deck of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial offers fine views. Middle Bass Island is dominated by the Gothic castle of the Lonz Winery, established in 1860 and still making wine – tours and tastings are available. Kelleys Island is 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.
Scattered along Sandusky Bay are the towns of Lakeside, known for its Victorian architecture and summertime concerts, Marblehead, with its lighthouse and lakefront shops and artists’ studios, and Port Clinton, home to fine restaurants and fishing. Sandusky is the largest town, full of gardens and historic homes (such as the 1834 stone mansion housing the Follett House Museum of Lake Erie memorabilia), as well as the Merry-Go-Round Museum (with a working carousel inside it). But the town is most famous for Cedar Point Amusement Park, one of the largest in the USA and celebrated for its rollercoasters.
Toledo, on the Maumee River, is the northwest’s largest city and is famous for its glass-making, available at Libbey Glass Factory Outlet Store. The century-old Toledo Museum of Art and adjacent University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts are among the top ten art museums in the USA. Upriver, the restored riverfront towns of Grand Rapids and Waterville feature train and riverboat excursions.
Other attractions in the northwest include the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta; Sauder Farm and Craft Village in Archbold (a pioneer village with a museum); and the Edison Birthplace Museum and Historical Museum in Milan.

The Southwest: Just north of Cincinnati, Paramount’s Kings Island Theme Park offers Broadway-style shows and big-name stars, as well as a 15-acre water park and thrill rides, while the Jack Nicklaus Sports Center has two golf courses designed by the man himself. Once a large spa resort, Yellow Springs is still one of Ohio’s most scenic towns, with an interesting historic district and the Glen Helen Nature Preserve, adjacent to the Antioch College campus. Nearby is the spectacular 31m (100ft) waterfall at Clifton Gorge, and Clifton Mill, one of the USA’s largest operating gristmills.
The Carillon Historical Park in the city of Dayton is an 18-building complex with authentic recreations of 19th-century homes, businesses and industries; one of the planes flown by the Wright brothers; and one of the largest carillons in Ohio. Near here is the Aviation Trail, with many historical sites relating to the Wright brothers. The Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial was the house of the famous African-American author and is now a museum. SunWatch Archaeological Park is a prehistoric Native American village offering visitors close-up looks at ongoing digs, reconstruction daub-and-thatch lodges. Ten kilometres (6 miles) northeast of Dayton is the US Air Force Museum, the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum.
Other sites in the southwest include the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce; Rankin House (where abolitionist Reverend John Rankin hid more than 2000 slaves from 1825 to 1865) in Ripley; Serpent Mound State Memorial (a giant snake, a quarter of a mile long and 6m/20ft wide, created by the Adena Native Americans over 2000 years ago) near Locust Grove; Fort Ancient State Memorial (an archaeological site displaying evidence of the Hopewell and Fort Ancient Native American tribes), southeast of Lebanon; and the Piqua Historical Area, offering restored 19th-century architecture and rides on a canalboat down a stretch of the Miami & Erie Canal.