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Exit – 192 (east of I-75) MAINSTRASSE VILLAGE Covington STAY-NKY. www.mainstrasse.org. Miscellaneous: Northern Kentucky Visitors Center next to bell tower. Goose Girl bronze sculpture 2 blocks east of tower. – 616 Main Street (I-75 exit 192) 41011. Phone: (859) 491-0458 or (800) Ongoing restoration and revitalization of a 30 block area in west Covington is [...]

Exit – 160 (west of I-75) INDIAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK Jellico Hwy. 297, make a right on London and a left on Dairy Street) 37762. Phone: (423) 784-7958. www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/IndianMtn/index.shtml. Hours: Daily 7:00am-sunset. – Indian Mountain Road (I-75 exit 160, go north on U.S. Hwy. 25 to State Located at the base of the Cumberland Mountains, [...]

Exit – 210 (west of I-75) FOSSIL PARK Sylvania (419) 882-8313. Hours: Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm (Memorial Day -late October). – 5705 Centennial Road (I-75 exit 210 west on SR 184) 43560. Phone: Fossil Park, located in an abandoned quarry in Sylvania, Ohio, is an unusual destination for travelers who are interested in rocks, quarries [...]

Exit – 208 (east of I-75) / I-280 exit 9 TONY PACKO’S CAFÉ Toledo (419) 691-6054. – 1902 Front Street (I-280 exit 9) 43605. www.tonypackos.com. Phone: Built up an appetite for some crazy food? After seeing the “macho” life of “shipmen” near the Toledo port, try some fiery or authentic ethnic Hungarian food at Tony [...]

Parenting can be so frustrating – especially in the fall when your kids are back to school.  On weekends, they need a break and beg for creative ideas on something fun to do.  Here are ten ideas specifically targeted to the crisp air and crackling leaves of autumn weather:   Attend a college football game or [...]

Exit – 394 (east of I-75) SOO LOCKS PARK Sault Ste. Marie – Downtown. Portage Avenue (Within view of International Bridge. Follow signs off I-75) 49783. www.soolocksvisitorscenter.com. Phone: (906) 632-2394. Hours: Daily 7:00am-11:00pm (mid-May to November 1). Admission: FREE. Miscellaneous: Run by the US Army Corp of Engineers. Theater showing film on history of operations. [...]

DAY TWO – the next day, put on your walking shoes. Although Washington, D.C. is a very concentrated town with lots of buildings, most museums and memorials are near grassy, wide-open park spaces. Maybe devote an entire day to the FREE Smithsonian Museums & National Mall buildings (Smithsonian.org). DC by Foot, a walking tour company, [...]

Part of a new series called: KIDS LOVE I-75 sidetrips   Exit – 394 (west of I-75)  MICHIGAN WELCOME CENTER (far north )  (I-75 exit 394, turn right onto Portage Avenue) 49783. Sault Ste. Marie Emergency Contact Number: (906) 632-8242. www.michigan.org/welcomecenters/default.aspx. Hours: Open year round, 9:00am-5:00pm. During summer travel season, these hours will be extended [...]

As I was catching up on Twitter messages this past weekend (in between going to, or watching, football games!), I noted how many blogger friends and tourism folks were writing about summer’s end and fall’s coming. I love autumn – esp. apples (made my first homemade apple pie of the season this weekend), pumpkin patches, [...]

Celebrate the end of summer with a Labor Day family trip to one of the attractions across the country that celebrates America’s rich labor history. Visit Industrial Revolution towns like Pittsburgh and Chicago or any Eastern seaport towns. If you plan to drive, take along our travel tips to help kids work off some of [...]