Reddit reviews Haunted Ohio: Ghostly Tales from the Buckeye State (Buckeye Haunts)

Some non-food ideas:

Calvin and Hobbes books! Definitely one of the best comics created. Bill Watterson still lives in Ohio. Calvin rampages through Chagrin Falls.

Books and pictures of the Bicentennial Barns.

History on the Wright Brothers, John Glenn or Neil Armstrong

Ohio art pottery can be really nice but you can sink some serious money there. Roseville, Zanesville, Hull.


Dayton Dragons are fun too--shirts or other stuff.

I always like Amish style quilted hot pads and trivets for gifts. Pretty, small and ship well.

Of course, cardinals are beautiful! They translate well as stained glass, notecards or prints. Lot of possibilities...

Edit: remembered something else fun, depending on your relatives....Haunted Ohio. There's a series of books now and the author lives near Dayton.

There is a book Haunted Ohio I and Haunted Ohio II which have many of the same things as the website but without making you want to scratch your eyes out! I suggest you check it out!

Lol, I grew up in NE OH (Geauga Cty) and I don't remember this place, and I used to love reading about all the haunted places around. This is in my backyard. The Chesterland portion of the Interurban railway that was abandoned. Now it's just a grass lane, with towering walls of trees on either side. And I swear it was always covered in mist. We used to scare the crap out of ourselves going past the rundown sheds and finding discarded lanterns and pocket watches.

One of these days after grad school I'm going to invest in this book and travel the state on my motorcycle. Hopefully I can get my boyfriend to come too. I'll need the moral support lol!