Ohio Road Trips: 52 Trips--more Than 500 Fun and Unusual Getaway Ideas in Ohio! (Paperback)

~ Neil Zurcher (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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"If you have a day, longtime television travel reporter Neil Zurcher has a destination." -- West Life

"Zurcher mixes trivia and insight in yet another travel book, finding the tasty and strange in towns throughout Ohio." -- Free Times

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

Product Description

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 . . .
- More than 500 places in all!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Gray & Co., Publishers (April 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886228957
• ISBN-13: 978-1886228955
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #616,923 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" supplement for anyone visiting or vacationing in Ohio!, August 6, 2007

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Experienced TV travel reporter Neil Zurcher presents Ohio Road Trips with Neil Zurcher, a collection of his all-around favorite Ohio getaways. Ohio Road Trips is packed cover to cover with descriptions (usually one or two paragraphs long) of unforgettable Ohio restaurants, lighthouses, malls, animal preserves, prehistoric mounds, romantic country inns, and much more. Each entry is accompanied by the phone number and street address of the location mentioned, and the entries are categorized by subject with an index in the back for quick reference. A "must-have" supplement for anyone visiting or vacationing in Ohio!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars getting to know Ohio, September 2, 2008

By	J. Wahr (Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was a blast to read, showed me things about Ohio I didn't know about. I have actually done some of these trips so far and plan of doing more, as soon as I have saved the gas money up. Want to know more about your home state, whether a native or a transplant, buy this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My husband read it through in three days and he never reads!, January 18, 2007

By	H.L. "shopper" (Rav., Oh) - See all my reviews

I bought this for my husband, who loves to take us to new and interesting places. We actually had been to more than half that were written about in the book, but he loved reading about them and saying " Hey, we've been there!" Great book, glad to see him reading.