Ohio was still one of those skim states for us. We did get to stay a week, but we only went to one city. Columbus.

We toured the capitol building. Notice there’s not a dome?

But, when you go inside…surprise! It looks like there’s a dome! Apparently, they planned on putting a dome on the building, but it took so long they’ve just left it the way it is.

The biggest thing that stood out for me about the Ohio State Capitol building was all of the pink. It was everywhere! Not even the carpeting escaped the pink treatment.

We’ve seen several Capitol Buildings now, but I haven’t seen a ceiling quite as lovely as this one. The picture really doesn’t do it justice.

The other thing that stood out for me was the hand laid tiles. We’ve seen this a few other times, and I always enjoy it.

We toured the American Whistle Corporation! The American Whistle Corporation is the only metal all American made whistle company in the United States. The company has nine employees and they make the entire whistle there in the factory. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the factory floor…even though you can see it all on the TV show they were on one time. *shrugs* I did sneak a photo…but felt weird about putting it up. So, if you want to check them out, you can go to the show How It’s Made and look up their episode. The tour was both really interesting and boring at the same time. I’m not sure how they pulled that off, but they did. We made it through the tour and got a shiny new whistle at the end! It’s been loud at our place ever since.

We found an all you can eat German buffet. All. You. Can. Eat…

They didn’t disappoint. It wasn’t the best German food we’d had, but it was better than a kick in the pants!

They also had desserts. So, of course, we had to try some of them! Schmidt’s is known for their half pound cream puffs…we got two…they were enjoyed.

That’s about all we did in Ohio…this time! We have a list of other cities to visit and will be doing those on a different loop!

See y’all down the road!

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