Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Ohio

While in Ohio, you might enjoy a visit to:

The large, Sphinx-like head of Chief Leatherlips emerges from a hill in a public park.
~10 miles from Westerville.

The world's oldest traffic light -- which still works, and which looks like a streamlined silver football -- is on display in the town museum.
~28 miles from Westerville.

John Clem was just 9 years old when he ran away and joined the Union Army as a drummer boy. His slightly banged-up statue captures him in mid- rat-a-tat-tat.
~27 miles from Westerville.

Paul Johnson collected 3,479 pencil sharpeners (no duplicates) and displayed them in a one-room building in his yard in Carbon Hill. He died July 2010; the building and collection are now displayed in the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center.
~48 miles from Westerville.

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