Crowd in the evening at Circleville Pumpkin Festival (photo by Joe Bocook)

Celebrate Over a Century of the Circleville Pumpkin Show

This Pickaway County town honors its farming heritage with colossal pumpkins and a festival built on community spirit that began in 1903.

Kid in lion costume getting candy at Boo at the Zoo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell (photo courtesy of Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)

Take the Whole Family to These 5 Kid-Friendly Halloween Events

From an aquarium experience boasting costumed scuba divers to an upbeat train ride offering great views of light-up Halloween decor, this handful of not-so-eerie gatherings across Ohio are the perfect fit for the littler crowd.

Stone’s Zone at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton (photo courtesy of Boonshot Museum of Discovery)

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Unveils Ice-Age-Inspired Play Zone

The Dayton science center’s new climbable play area for toddlers opened Oct. 9.

Squire’s Castle in Cleveland Metroparks’ North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills (photo by Gabe Wasylko)

9 Great Ohio Metroparks to Visit This Fall

These sites in parks systems near cities offer beautiful fall color and serve as enduring reminders of those who worked to preserve them.

Illustration of man flying near a UFO (illustration by Jacob Stead)

The Case of Ohio’s Best Documented UFO

What happened in the skies near Charles Mill Lake on Oct. 18, 1973, stands as one of the most credible UFO experiences in United States history. It is known as the Coyne Incident.

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The Christkindl Markt in Canton, Ohio (photo courtesy of Canton Museum of Art)

Nov 13—Nov 14

53rd Annual Christkindl Markt

Canton, Ohio

Sep 11—Oct 25

Derthick’s Corn Maze

Mantua, Ohio

A kid trick or treating in a witch costume (photo courtesy of Muskingum Watershed)

Oct 24

Haunted Weekend at Pleasant Hill Lake Park

Perrysville, Ohio

Licking County Courthouse decorated with festive lights (photo courtesy of Licking County)

Nov 27

Licking County Courthouse Lighting

Newark, Ohio

A collage titled “Work Interrupted 3” at Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery (photo by John Hankiewicz, courtesy of Riffe Gallery)

Oct 31—Jan 8

Ohio Thrives

Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio State University’s football coach Ryan Day (photo courtesy of America 250 Ohio)

Nov 22

Scarlet & Gray Saturdays: The Ohio State Football Story

Columbus, Ohio

The Dracula Experience performance at Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre (photo courtesy of Visit Chillicothe Ohio)

Oct 1—Oct 31

The Dracula Experience at Haunted Mountain

Chillicothe, Ohio

Sep 25—Oct 24

Yasmina Reza’s “Conversations After a Burial”

Cleveland, Ohio

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