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Roebling Suspension Bridge   Cincinnati

Roebling Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati

 7 Reviews  John A. Roebling suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Covington and Cincinnati was the world's longest suspension bridge when it was opened in 1866, and since architect Roebling himself... 

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum   Cleveland

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland

 32 Reviews  Designed by I.M. Pei, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just as interesting outside as it is on the inside! There are tons of memorabilia from modern artists, as well as America's favorites from past... 

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National Museum of the United States Air Force   Dayton

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton

 19 Reviews  This impressive museum is located just east of Dayton at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It is open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's days. Free... 

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Serpentine Wall   Cincinnati

Serpentine Wall, Cincinnati

 5 Reviews  Serpentine Wall is a curvy stepped wall rising up from the Ohio River on the Cincinnati side located near the Public Landing Dock (you might even see an old-fashioned riverboat or 2). This is a very... 

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University Circle   Cleveland

University Circle, Cleveland

 11 Reviews  University Circle is the best place to keep the whole family entertained, and for little or no cost! UC has events year round, so be sure to visit their web site or their new visitors center for... 

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Sunwatch Indian Village   Dayton

Sunwatch Indian Village, Dayton

 3 Reviews  Sometime around 1200 AD, a tribe of native Americans lived by the Great Miami River. It must not have smelled so bad back then. But the natives left their stuff there for us to find (the first... 

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Fountain Square   Cincinnati

Fountain Square, Cincinnati

 9 Reviews  The greatest gathering point in downtown Cincinnati would have to be Fountain Square, a multi-level open space with a central fountain featuring classical figurines in bronze. The square is surrounded... 

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Cedar Point Amusement Park   Cleveland

Cedar Point Amusement Park, Cleveland

 7 Reviews  It was started as a vacation resort, but now Cedar Point is one of the greatest amusement parks in the world. You will experience some of the most thrilling moments of your life on their... 

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Wright Brother's Bicycle Shop   Dayton

Wright Brother's Bicycle Shop, Dayton

 4 Reviews  The Wright Brothers ran a bicycle shop in Dayton for about 16 years... well, not just a single shop, it actually occupied five different location throughout the years. They actually manufactured... 

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Eden Park   Cincinnati

Eden Park, Cincinnati

 7 Reviews  Eden Park, containing over 186 acres, is one of the loveliest, most peaceful parks in Cincinnati and is located just around the corner from Mt. Adams and is the setting for: Cincinnati Art Museum... 

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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo   Cleveland

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland

 8 Reviews  This zoo boasts the largest collection of primates in North America. The newest additions to the Zoo are the Wolf Wilderness and Australian Adventure. The Rainforest is a large heated "greenhouse"... 

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Huffman Prairie   Dayton

Huffman Prairie, Dayton

 3 Reviews  Huffman Prairie Flying Field covers 84 acres, and is one of four main locations in the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. This field, along with the nearby Huffman Prairie Flying Field... 

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Newport Aquarium   Cincinnati

Newport Aquarium, Cincinnati

 5 Reviews  Since opening the Newport Aquarium has hosted millions of visitors, resulting in a tremendous annual economic impact on the Greater Cincinnati area. . Art That Surrounds You His precision with a... 

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Cleveland Museum of Art   Cleveland

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

 8 Reviews  Cleveland has an excellent art museum, located at University Circle along with several other nearby attractions (i.e. Natural History Museum, Botanical Garden, Lakeview Cemeter, Little Italy, etc...)... 

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Art Institute   Dayton

Art Institute, Dayton

 5 Reviews  Yes, there is more to Dayton than aviation. The Dayton Art Institute has a beautiful collection of ancient, Renaissance, and modern art. It's truly impressive. You need to allow at least a couple... 

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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens   Cincinnati

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati

 12 Reviews  The landscape is really nice, they have beautiful plants every where. It could be nicer and look less like caged animals everywhere, maybe they are dependent on donations and don't have much money to... 

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Great Lakes Science Center   Cleveland

Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland

 4 Reviews  Well, I used to work and volunteer here for five years, so I've got an awesome tip for ya. ;) The GLSC is open 9:30am to 5:30pm. There are three dining facilities on site, with varying hours.... 

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Carillon Historical Park   Dayton

Carillon Historical Park, Dayton

 3 Reviews  Here, one can learn all about Dayton's past. All in all, 25 historic buildings have been painstakingly rebuilt here to create this "town". Standing nearby is Deed Carillon, whose 57 bells are used to... 

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Purple People Bridge   Cincinnati

Purple People Bridge, Cincinnati

 6 Reviews  The Purple People Bridge connects downtown Cincinnati with the shopping area of Covington Kentucky. The development is called Newport on the Levee, and it is basically a huge shopping mall very much... 

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Sports   Cleveland

Sports, Cleveland

 6 Reviews  Quicken Loans Arena, also known as the Q, is by far the nicest stadium in Cleveland. It also holds the most events. Not only do the Cleveland Cavaliers play there, but they also have an Arena Football... 

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Cox Arboretum   Dayton

Cox Arboretum, Dayton

 2 Reviews  South of Dayton is a beautiful green space, part of the Five Rivers Metropark system, known as the Cox Arboretum. The Cox family donated the land to establish this park in 1962. With a variety of... 

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Mount Adams   Cincinnati

Mount Adams, Cincinnati

 4 Reviews  Mount Adams is a sleek, trendy neighborhood in older Cincinnati which features hip and funky bars, wine bars, cafes and restaurants. When celebrities come to visit Cincinnati they come here. The... 

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Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom   Cleveland

Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom, Cleveland

 2 Reviews  Six Flags & Sea World - In 2001, Six Flags bought its neighbor and the two parks ,linked by a foot bridge, merge in one. A huge park with a lot of attractions (mainly roaler coasters). Price : 40$... 

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Kings Island   Cincinnati

Kings Island, Cincinnati

 8 Reviews  I loved coming here as a kid; haven't been here since 1999! I need to make some time to return... It's a typical amusement park. Great rides for adults (Beast, Face-Off) and rides for kids too. It is... 

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Local events   Cleveland

Local events, Cleveland

 1 Review  We went to Cleveland to accept our screenwriting award for our script, MY TICKET HOME. Usually festivals like this have an industry only audience, but in an effort to generate more traffic for the... 

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Cleveland - Hope Memorial Bridge

by ant1606

Exceeding one mile in length, this bridge crosses over the Cuyahoga River and is a distinct landmark in Cleveland. A closer look or, better, a drive or walk through it reveals two beautiful Art Deco statues on each end, the "Guardians of Traffic". Great view over the city's skyline.These photos were taken during a "Ride for Sylvia" memorial. Motor traffic was banned for the occasion. She was killed by a drunk truck driver on Sep 17, 2009, while cycling on her way to work.

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Columbus, Ohio

by Ewingjr98

Columbus was founded in 1812 for the purpose of becoming the capital of the sate, and it became Ohio's capital city just four years later, in 1816. It wasn't until 1834 that the population of the town topped 3,500 people. Today Columbus is the third largest city in Ohio, and is home to the Ohio State University as well as a number of Fortune 500 companies. The Ohio Statehouse was completed in 1857 and it remains the seat of state government.

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Ohio Statehouse (Capitol Building), Columbus

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Ohio's state government relocated from Chillicothe to Columbus in 1816, initially occupying a small building at High and State Streets. As the government grew, a new capitol building was needed, and construction began in 1839. In true Ohio fashion, work was delayed for various reasons, until the temporary capitol building burned to the ground, and they desperately needed the new facility. The present capitol building, called the Ohio Statehouse, was complete in 1857. Well, almost completed.... I think they forgot the dome over the rotunda.

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Dayton

by Ewingjr98

Dayton is a city of about 165,000 people in southwestern Ohio, not too far from Cincinnati. Much of Dayton's history and commerce has centered on the aviation industry which got it start here in the Wright Brothers hometown in 1904 and continued with the development of massive Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The city was founded in 1796, incorporated in 1810, and named after signer of the US Constitution Jonathan Dayton (though he never set foot in the city, Dayton received his name because he once owned some 250,000 acres here).National Cash Register, headquartered in Dayton since the 1880s, announced in 2009 it was moving out of the state. Events like this cause Forbes to name Dayton, along with Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo on a list of America's fastest dying cities. The largest local employers today are Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (some 25,000 employees), Premier Health...

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Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio

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Wright Patterson is the Air Force's premier location for technology development and flight engineering. The base is home to eight Air Force "wings," as well as the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command. The airfield was established by the Wright Brothers in 1904, and was named after them and Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, pilot and member of an influential local family that owned the National Cash Register company. More recently, the base was the location for negotiations of the so-called Dayton Accords or Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War in 1995.Most importantly, the base was the storage and research area for the UFO that crashed at Roswell, New Mexico. Hanger 18 was the location for this UFO, and possibly the bodies of two or three...

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The Dayton Art Institute

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The Dayton Art Institute was founded in 1919 as the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts. Its works were originally housed in a downtown mansion. However, in 1930 the museum moved to a new building in its present location. Its name was later changed to the Dayton Art Institute to acknowledge the importance of its art school in addition to the museum. The museum's collection contains over 20,000 pieces spanning 5,000 years. It features an impressive Asian collection that includes works from Japan, China, Tibet, Southeast Asia, India, and Persia; seventeenth-century Baroque paintings; American art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; and a large collection of contemporary art. Artists represented in the museum's collection of paintings include Claude Monet, Edward Hopper, and Andy Warhol.The Dayton Art Institute is housed in a 60,000-square-foot (5,574-square-meter) building designed by...

The Cincinnati Art Museum

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Founded in 1881, the Cincinnati Art Museum is oldest art museum west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its collection of over 60,000 works of art is the largest in Ohio, and one of the largest in the Midwest. The Romanesque-Revival building that houses the museum was designed by Cincinnati architect James McLaughlin, and opened in 1886. Since then, several major additions have significantly increased the size of the museum. The most recent addition was the Cincinnati Wing which contains 15 galleries and opened in 2003. The 18,000-square-foot (1,672-square-meter) wing features over 400 works of Cincinnati artists dating from 1788 to the present.The Cincinnati Art Museum contains a total of 118 galleries which exhibit paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, costumes, and musical instuments spanning the last 5,000 years. The collections include American, European, and Asian works of...

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

by Ewingjr98

I visited NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field back in 1987 when it was still called Lewis Research Center. The research center, one of ten major NASA research sites, is located at the Cleveland Airport, not far from Cleveland. The facility was established in 1942 and named for NASA pioneer George W. Lewis in 1948. GRC had a role in a number of key events in the history of space exploration such as Project Mercury, the Apollo Program, Mir Space Station, and the Mars Pathfinder Rover.The Glenn Research Center used to have a visitors center, with a number of displays from the history of the space program, but it was closed in 2009.

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Wright Patterson Air Force Museum

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I was greatly impressed by the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. We spent every bit of 4 hours inside and didn't get to see everything in detail nor did we spend any time in the large gift shop or outside.There are hundreds of aircraft inside chronicling everything from the birth of flight ("Wright" Brothers), through early aircraft, through the use of aircraft in the World Wars, to the Cold War and to today. There are even some Predator drones and missiles on display. Rumor has it that the Museum is going to try and get one of the space shuttles when they are officially retired.It can get pretty crowded inside. A lot of visitors and boy scout groups; however, there is plenty of room and plenty of things to see. You may even get to see aircraft taking off at the Air Base outside. This is definitely one of Ohio's best museums and worth the time. Oh, and the ADMISSION IS...

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Black Hand Gorge

by Jim_Eliason

This place was quite dissapointing. Although scenic and a nice place to hike, the closet it got to a "gorge" were some exposed sandstone bluffs. If you live in the Central Ohio area this might be a godd hiking spot but its not worth a special trip.

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 1 Review and 86 Opinions  I try to stay at this Courtyard whenever I have to come to Columbus for business. The hotel itself... 

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