Hollywood Casino Columbus at 200 Georgesville Road in Columbus, Ohio, opened on October 8, 2012, as the last of four casinos authorized by Ohio voters in 2009 via constitutional amendment, built for around $400 million on a 121-acre former Delphi Automotive brownfield site that once employed thousands before closing in 2007.
Mohican State Park spans 1,110 acres along the south shore of Pleasant Hill Lake in Ashland County, northeastern Ohio, five miles south of Loudonville, surrounded by the expansive 4,525-acre Mohican-Memorial State Forest amid glacial landscapes featuring the dramatic Clear Fork Gorge.
The Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio, was founded in 1900 with a donated woodchuck and has grown into one of America’s premier zoos, home to over 10,000 animals representing more than 720 species.
Malabar Farm State Park spans 917 acres of rolling hills, fertile fields, and wooded ridges in Richland County, northern Ohio near Lucas and Mohican State Park, embodying the conservation farming vision of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield who built it as his home starting in 1939.
Adams Lake State Park is a compact 96-acre public recreation area in Adams County, Ohio, evenly split between land and the serene 47-acre Adams Lake on the northern edge of West Union village, featuring a rare dry-prairie remnant protected as Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve amid the biologically diverse Bluegrass region.
Heineman Winery, located on South Bass Island in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, is the oldest family-owned and operated winery in the state, founded in 1888 by Gustav Heineman, a German immigrant from the Baden wine region.
Cowan Lake State Park in Clinton County, Ohio, covers 1,075 acres of land surrounding a serene 692- to 700-acre lake impounded by a dam on Cowan Creek in 1950, named for early surveyor John Cowan and dedicated as a state park in 1968 after post-World War II land purchases for recreation.
Madison Lake State Park spans 76 acres of land around a serene 106-acre lake in Madison County's Darby Plains, central Ohio, four miles east of London.
East Harbor State Park covers 1,831 acres on a Lake Erie peninsula northwest of Sandusky in Ottawa County, Ohio, established in 1947 with beaches, dunes, marshes remnant of the Great Black Swamp, and prime birding habitats drawing waterfowl, shorebirds, herons, egrets, songbirds, turtles, snakes, muskrats, and foxes.
Kiser Lake State Park spans 531 acres of rolling hills, woodlands, and wetlands around the scenic 396-acre Kiser Lake in Champaign County, southwestern Ohio, northwest of St. Paris.
Wingfoot Lake State Park spans 690 acres around a serene 44-acre lake in Portage County, northeastern Ohio near Mogadore and Akron, offering a relaxing retreat with open meadows, mature tree groves, and views of the historic Goodyear Blimp hangar across the water.
Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course in Austintown, Ohio, near Youngstown, is a thoroughbred racino that opened on September 17, 2014, after construction began in May 2013 on Ohio Route 46 to replace the closed Beulah Park Racetrack in Columbus.
The House from A Christmas Story, a 19th-century Victorian home at 3159 W. 11th Street in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood, Ohio, served as the exterior and some interior locations for Ralphie Parker's family residence in the 1983 holiday film A Christmas Story.
West Branch State Park spans over 5,000 acres of land and 2,650 acres of water around the Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir in Portage County, northeastern Ohio, east of Ravenna along the west branch of the Mahoning River.
Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway in Dayton, Ohio, is a racino owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment, located at 777 Hollywood Boulevard and opened on August 28, 2014 after relocating from Toledo's Raceway Park.
Burr Oak State Park is a 2,593‑acre Ohio state park in the southeastern part of the state, spanning parts of Athens and Morgan counties near the small town of Glouster.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum, originating in 1923 from a small collection of technical artifacts at McCook Field and evolving into a vast repository of over 360 aircraft, missiles, and thousands of artifacts across more than 19 acres of indoor exhibit space.
Serpent Mound in Ohio is a National Historic Landmark and one of the most famous effigy mounds in the United States, built by ancient Indigenous peoples approximately 2,100 to 2,300 years ago, likely during the Adena culture period, with later modifications around 900 years ago by the Fort Ancient culture.
