Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Cincinnati offers travel and tourism opportunities that can meet a variety of interests. Couples with or without kids will discover fun places to spend their vacation time in this city situated along the Ohio River. Whether your idea of a hot travel destination involves attending professional sporting events, experiencing the great outdoors or taking home a little more knowledge about your country's history, the city can satisfy.
The Cincinnati Museum Center is an excellent example of Art Déco architecture that by itself warrants a visit. The enticement of the exterior is matched by the offerings within: the Cincinnati History Museum, Cinergy Children's Museum, Museum of Natural History Science, Imax theater and Historical Society Library. The museums host temporary traveling exhibitions as well as offering permanent exhibits and the Children's Museum provides a hands-on experience for all ages.
Just a half-hour outside of Cincinnati is a tourist offering for those wanting to get in touch with the natural beauty of Ohio. A campsite equipped with showers and toilets provides a rustic home to come back to after a day of boating, fishing, hiking or recreation like basketball, volleyball and horseshoes. The camp also includes a playground. A trip to Stonelick State Park during the winter means additional activities like sledding, skiing, ice fishing and ice skating.
Cincinnati offers sports fans the chance to take in professional teams nearly year round as the city is home to the Reds of Major League Baseball and the Bengals of the National Football League. Travelers to the city should consult team schedules for home game dates in the city before making plans to take in a game.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is another fascinating educational tourist destination. Everything a visitor could ever want to know about the system that secretly transported slaves to freedom can be answered with a visit here. Highlights include a 25-minute film that provides a historical overview of the Underground Railroad and an interactive exhibit that reveals personal accounts of the courage and dangerous cooperation that was necessary to offer freedom to human beings long denied that right.
A half-hour northeast of downtown Cincinnati is King's Island theme park. This amusement park is famous for having been the location of an episode of the "Brady Bunch" TV series as well as for being the site of a successful motorcycle jump by Evel Knievel. The park currently features 80 rides ranging from high-rising rollercoasters to a section of rides based on the Charlie Brown characters to water rides and go-carts.