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  • In the northeast of the state, Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, One Key Plaza, 751 Erieside Ave. (tel. 216/515-8420; www.rockhall.com), is a little pricey at $20 per adult (admission for children is $11, seniors $14), but there is no other institution as thoroughly devoted to the best thing to come out of America next to the electric light, peanut butter, and the automobile (or whatever your favorite example of homegrown ingenuity might be). Opened in 1995, the pyramid-like building designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei holds a Smithsonian-worthy treasure trove of musical artifacts and instruments, rock paraphernalia, and swag, like James Brown's tuxedo jacket, Jimi Hendix's handwritten lyrics for "Purple Haze" and his 1968 Sunburst Stratocaster, Neil Young's fringed leather jacket, and an entire exhibit devoted solely to Elvis Presley. The museum also has a chronological history of rock and roll, as well as rotating exhibits in addition to the permanent collection.
  • Also in Cleveland is the burial site of one of Ohio's eight U.S. presidents, James Garfield, in Lake View Cemetery (tel. 216/421-2665; www.lakeviewcemetery.com), where you can visit the 180-foot Garfield Monument, featuring marble columns, intricate mosaics, stained-glass windows, as well as an observation deck from which you can see Lake Erie. Below is the crypt, which holds Garfield's flag-draped coffin and that of his wife and children.
  • Holmes County, in the central eastern portion of Ohio, is home to the largest Amish community in the country, where you can tour working Amish farms, browse and buy their crafts, and, if you're lucky, maybe even happen upon a barn-raising or an Amish wedding. Lavonne Debois of Amish Culture Tours (tel. 330/893-3248; www.amishtoursofohio.com) offers a combination of narrated bus tour and interaction with the Amish community, including in-home dinners with an Amish family. Nearby, American antique aficionados should check New Philadelphia's Riverfront Antique Mall (tel. 800/926-9806; www.riverfrontantiquemalls.com), with its 350 venders spread out over an 84,000-square-foot warehouse. Collectors of antique glass and pottery will particularly like the Baker Family Museum, 805 Cumberland St., Caldwell (tel. 740/732-6410), packed with a boggling 300,000 pieces of glass from makers like Fenton, Degenhart, R.S. Prussia, Tiffany, Steuben, Francoma, and Cambridge. Those particularly fond of Cambridge glass can check out the National Museum of Cambridge Glass (tel. 740/432-4245; www.cambridgeglass.org/museum.php) in Cambridge.

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Ohio Travel Guide

Thanks to the educational reach of television, the only things some of us know about Ohio are that Cleveland rocks and that the fictional WKRP was in Cincinnati. But that only covers two cities in the state's 29 counties—and not even the capital (Columbus). Needless to say, there's much more to Ohio than simply its sitcom-based claims to fame. Bordered by five states (Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Michigan) and 200 miles of one Great Lake (Erie), Ohio has a long and lush agrarian history. Its first inhabitants were likely the ancient, pre-Native American Hopewell culture. Later, in the 17th and 18th centuries, Iroquois, Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, and Ottawa Indians roamed the verdant countryside, until Europeans attracted to the good farmland began to vie for space. That land seems to have been fertile for more than just good crops: Ohio spawned eight American presidents, giving the state the occasional nickname "The Mother of Presidents." Read More

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

50 E. Freedom Way
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Opened in the summer of 2004, this $110-million museum traces 500 years of oppression and... Read More

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Taft Museum

316 Pike St
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Reopened in 2004 after a $23-million expansion and renovation, the Taft is a true gem. The 1820... Read More

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Cedar Point Amusement Park

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1 Cedar Point Dr. (U.S. 250)
Sandusky, Ohio

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Regularly named the best amusement park on the planet, lakefront Cedar Point boasts the world's... Read More

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