Author: kdrenten
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Gaston’s Mill is focal point of Beaver Creek State Park
Gaston’s Mill is one of only two mills in Ohio located in a state park. It is also one of the few historic mills still in operation in the state.
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Pearl Valley Cheese’s Swiss family traditions make award-winning cheese
Whenever we go to Amish Country, we usually bring along a cooler and make our first stop at Pearl Valley Cheese in the rolling hills of farmland along SR 93 in Fresno, Ohio.
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Whitmer’s General Store & Pizza mixes the old and new
Whitmer’s General Store & Pizza is a mixture of the old and the new in the charming Amish town of Winesburg.
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Clay’s Cafe offers famous stromboli, family atmosphere in Hebron
Clay’s Cafe started in 1934 in Hebron, Ohio, as an ice cream stand but now is well-known for its stromboli and other pasta dishes.
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Rock Mill standing proud after 200 years in Fairfield County
Rock Mill is the story of not merely one mill, but actually three. It’s also the story of a dedicated effort to save a treasured piece of history.
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Ben Franklin store in Carrollton doubles as museum
The Ben Franklin store in Carrollton is an operating general store and it’s also a living museum, like taking a step back in time.
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Ohio is home to numerous unique, unusual places and museums
Ohio has many places and museums that are delightfully unique and inventive. Some are mysterious, many are historical, and they all sound like fun places to visit. You can find these places nowhere else.
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B-K Root Beer drive-ins are home to Spanish Dogs
B-K Drive-Ins are a remnant of a root beer brand that once rivaled A&W, Frostop and Dog ‘N Suds. Sometimes written as “B&K,” B-K is an independent chain of drive-in fast-food restaurants, featuring draft root beer, hot dogs and ice cream.
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Old Mill Winery combines history with reds and whites
The Old Mill Winery in Geneva, Ohio, is one of more than 30 wineries clustered in Ashtabula County’s richly established wine-growing region along Lake Erie.
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Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl offers a generous scoop of tradition
Whenever people visit our town of Zanesville, Ohio, for the first time, we always recommend several places for them to visit. One of the places that’s near the top of that list of “must-visits” is Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl.