The Traveling Praters presents Travel Inspired Living. When it comes to unique lodging, it doesn’t get any better than glamping in Ohio in a treehouse inspired by Treehouse Masters’ Pete Nelson. You’ll find this and more at The Mohicans located in the rolling hills of Glenmont, a short drive from Ohio’s Mohican State Park and Amish…
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5 Free Things to do in the Mohican Area
The view from the top of Big Lyons Falls Summer is quickly winding to a close. One more month and the kids will be heading back to school and it won’t be long before cooler temperatures set in and another year is behind us. Now is the time to plan a vacation that won’t break…
Visiting Marblehead Lighthouse State Park
The lighthouse and museum at Marblehead Lighthouse State Park may have closed to visitors a couple weekends ago, but that didn’t keep my husband and I from planning a stop to enjoy the grounds. As a young child, the lighthouse was the extent of my knowledge of Lake Erie. To this day, when someone mentions that they are “heading…
A Fall Walk Through Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve
Once part of the roadway leading to Cedar Point Amusement Park, visitors can walk along what was one of the first hard surfaced roads east of the Mississippi. The easy paved trail now leads visitors to one of the last undeveloped stretches of shoreline in the Sandusky Bay area. The nature preserve has four miles of easy…
Ohio State Park Lodges- Why you Should Plan a State Park Getaway
Ohio has some amazing state parks and those state parks offer free admission which is a huge value to families eager to explore the outdoors. My family is no stranger to the state park system. Living minutes from both Malabar Farm and Mohican State Parks, my kids have learned to think of both as an…
Things to do in Ohio: Put-in-Bay
The shore along Lake Erie is one of the most visited destinations in Ohio. And while the shoreline stretches just over 200 miles from the Pennsylvania border to Michigan, there is one area that draws me back year after year. Since I was a little girl, I have loved to visit East Harbor State Park,…
A Delightfully Lazy Day at Put-in-Bay
I grew up spending lazy summer days along the Lake Erie shore in Marblehead and Port Clinton. There were even a few occasions when I would accompany my dad on a fishing excursion- though those trips were few and far between. While my dad preferred and still prefers to experience Lake Erie while being in…
The Ultimate List of 100+ of the Best Things to do in Ohio
NOTE: This post is under construction. Please excuse our mess while we work to make this post more user-friendly. Are you looking for things to do in Ohio but don’t know where to begin? We have 100+ tried and true places to visit in Ohio right here on this page. From family-friendly to couples only…
