Ohio Road Trips: 52 Trips- Hundreds of Fun and Unusual Getaway Ideas in Ohio! [Paperback]

Neil Zurcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2009

New, updated, and expanded edition of this popular local guide!
Discover the best and most unusual places to visit in all of Ohio. Longtime TV travel reporter Neil Zurcher has made a career of showing fellow Ohioans how to take delightful mini-vacations close to home. This book collects Neil s all-time favorite Ohio getaway ideas, including . . .
- A museum dedicated entirely to popcorn.
- A historic village where you can ride an authentic replica canal boat.
- Factory tours, antique malls, flea markets, and other lively shopping destinations.
- Animal preserves featuring exotic varieties like bison, lions, rhinos, miniature donkeys . . .
- An Amish hardware store that sells all non-electric appliances.
- Mysterious prehistoric mounds and creepy caverns.
- Romantic country inns, historic hotels, cozy bed-and-breakfasts . . .
- Hundreds of other great places!

Editorial Reviews

Review

If you ve have a day, longtime television travel reporter Neil Zurcher has a destination . . . Whether you are new to the state or you ve lived here all of your life, it s a pretty safe bet that Zurcher, who shares more than 500 of his stops and what made them worth it, will show you something in Ohio you ve never seen or heard of. --West Life

Neil Zurcher mixes trivia and insight in yet another Ohio travel book, finding the tasty and strange in-out-of-the-way towns throughout the state. Ohio Road Trips divvies the state into five sections, and then catalogs the weirdness and intrigue that just might be worth a visit. In fact, a college kid with a road-trip jones could do worse than randomly picking destinations from this guide. --Free Times

Whether you fancy watching workers at the Coblentz Chocolate Co. hand dip chocolates in Walnut Creek or finding solitude in Ohio s least-known state park (Beaver Creek State Park, north of East Liverpool), Zurcher s book will satisfy the pickiest wanderlust. --Morning Journal

About the Author

As a professional journalist, Neil Zurcher has worked in television, newspapers, magazines, and radio for over a half-century. He has logged more than a million miles on Ohio's roads over 25 years as a TV travel reporter. He was the original host of the "One Tank Trips" travel report, which aired on Fox8 Television in Cleveland and has since been imitated in other television markets throughout the United States. Zurcher received the Distinguished Service award from the Society of Professional Journalism and the Silver Circle award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He also received an Emmy, the Award for Excellence in Broadcasting from the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters, and has been inducted into the Cleveland Press Club Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame and received their "Living Legacy" award in 2007. For many years, Zurcher wrote a column for AAA Ohio Motorist magazine and now writes regularly for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He has written five books about Ohio, including Ohio Oddities and Strange Tales from Ohio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: Gray & Co., Publishers; 2 edition (October 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598510576
• ISBN-13: 978-1598510577
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Ohio
  • #48 in Books > Travel > United States > Regions > Midwest

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Review, February 12, 2010

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Grandma W-G "Grandma W-G" (Grand Canyon, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ohio Road Trips: 52 Trips- Hundreds of Fun and Unusual Getaway Ideas in Ohio! (Paperback)

GREAT Ohio travel book--I used to live in Ohio, and never knew of some of these destinations; will use this book on my next visit!!

2.0 out of 5 stars Wish There Was An Alternate Tour Book, December 27, 2011

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mbseuf - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ohio Road Trips: 52 Trips- Hundreds of Fun and Unusual Getaway Ideas in Ohio! (Paperback)

First, as a disclaimer, I live in Ohio and I have a lot of pride in my state. I purchased this book to borrow ideas for Ohio day trips and activities. As an earlier reviewer stated, a lot of the activities are more attractive on the page than in person. While I find the book useful for providing an 'initial' spark, I have to rely mostly on independent research to build on the trips to make them more enticing and worthwhile. Many facts are wrong in the book. There are listed several destinations that have been long-time closed. The book is filled with many unique, undesirable destinations and activities, and it isn't balanced with an equal number of very unique, yet enjoyable activities. For example, nobody in Ohio really visits the Football Hall of Fame. We're rather embarrassed by it. Items such as these should have been stricken out of the recent edition. There is also little discussion about a number of wonderful destinations that are hidden gems. I would expect destinations, like the beautiful Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, to be listed. I would expect some of the more historic cathedrals, like St. Stanislaus in historic Warszawa (Slavic Village in Cleveland) to be listed because their beauty rivals European cathedrals. Basically, there is a lot of content that should be omitted and a lot of content that is missing. My review of this book is best summarized with the following statement: Every Time I Rely On This Book, I Have An Urge To Contact The Publisher and Propose That I Rewrite It. As somebody who loves to explore my state, I know that any Ohioan can publish a better guide. On a positive note, however, I think that the author is the only one who has compiled a list of multiple ideas, and I really appreciate that.