Best Of One Tank Trips: Great Getaway Ideas In And Around Ohio [Paperback]

Discover the best and most unusual getaway ideas in and around Ohio!

Longtime TV travel reporter Neil Zurcher has driven more than a million miles in Ohio and nearby states to find great local travel destinations for his One Tank Trips reports. This book collects his all-time favorites, including . . .

• The worlds largest indoor train display.

• The certified best spot in the state for stargazing.

• Ohios top FREE attraction.

• A historic village where you can ride an authentic replica canal boat.

• Beautiful bridges, including the worlds longest covered bridge.

• Two haunted state reformatories.

• A ride-through wildlife park with 500 exotic animals from six continents.

• One of the last open-air drive-in restaurants, unchanged since the 1950s.

• A place where you can drag-race in your family carlegally!

• An Amish hardware store selling all non-electric tools, appliances, toys, and more.

• The only World War II submarine still in original condition.

• The Center of the Worldreally.

• And dozens of other special places

Neil Zurcher writes . . .

I skipped over the obvious big super attractions because you have probably already heard about them or have been there. What I try to do is direct you to lesser known, hidden away gems in the tourist world that might not attract lots of attention, but are still very worthwhile as a place to visit.

p>I've tried to mix in destinations that my viewers and readers have told me they also enjoyed. Whether it was a slice of real prize-winning home-made pie in a diner in Jefferson, Ohio or a chance to fly on a life-size replica of the first airplane sold by the Wright Brothers in Dayton. I show you where you can sail across tree-tops and crawl through rock caverns. There is even a park in northwest OhlĂ)