43. Less Obvious Trip Ideas: Youngstown Ohio

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and travel is back so much like
it did last week. I'm looking at

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a travel guide. Recently, I
drove from New Jersey to Chicago and back,

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and while at the rest stops,
I grabbed a bunch of these local

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travel guides. This week's is Visit
Youngstown, Mahanting County twenty twenty two travel

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guide. Yet we're doing Ohio again. I was really impressed by that Toledo

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once, So let's take a look. Let's figure out where Youngstown is on

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this trip. As I leave New
Jersey, I would head west on Interstate

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eighty very familiar with that. I'd
drive about six hours or so around three

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hundred and eighty miles straight out on
eighty, jump on Eggs at six B

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to get on I six eighty south
and then drive to Market Street and I'd

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find myself in Youngstown. So basically
take Root eighty west, you know,

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six hour trip. If I were
crazy, I could do this in a

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day, right, get up and
leave it like five in the morning,

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get there round eleven, hang out
all day, and then drive home and

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be a long day. But I
couldn't do it. Youngstown welcomes us and

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says, we invite you to hashtag
visit Youngstown and experience the wonderful things our

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area has to offer. Unwine outdoors
in Mill Creek Metroparks or Lake Milton State

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Park, pedal the bike trails I'm
in, or hit the links on championship

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golf courses. Enjoy world class art
at the Butler Institute of American Art.

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Mill Creek Metroparks is an oasis for
outdoor fun. Hike forty five miles of

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trails, visit fellows or Riverside's gardens, or rent to kayak. I'm always

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distracted by kayaks. Try bouldering in
the bears Den area. Play thirty six

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holes of golf, or hit the
bike trail. Let's see Lantern's Mill and

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covered Bridge. One of Mahoning County's
most historic and most photographed landmarks, This

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eighteen forty six gristmill still operates today
as it did in the past, grinding

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corn and wheat. I'm looking at
a picture of it here. Very nice

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Fellows Riverside Gardens. This beautiful twelve
acre public display garden features roses of all

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classes, colorful plant displays, annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, evergreens,

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and scenic vistas. Over forty thousand
bulbs bloom each spring. Very Nice

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Lily Pond. Migrating waterfowl and resident
goldfish and turtles have made this four acre

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pond of popular site since eighteen ninety
six. The quarter mile Lily Pond Circle

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Trail loops around the pond, providing
a path for visitors. A new floating

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boardwalk and two observation decks bring you
closer to the water's edge. The Mill

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Creek Metroparks Bikeway eleven miles scenic paved
trail. The Trailside Bike Company offers bike

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rentals at the Kirk Road trailhead see
I would do that. I love seeing

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places on a bike. It's a
great way to see things. Right.

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Lake Milton State Park Nearly seventeen hundred
acres of some of the best recreational waters

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in Ohio are found at Lake Milton
State Park. Boating, fishing and swimming,

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golf, disc golf, mountain biking, birding and hiking, dining,

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wineries, and brewery. Don't get
distracted Johnny Mack with the breweries. A

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couple nice lakes and waterfalls here.
This all looks fantastic. The Hunting River

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is becoming a very popular place to
kayak. The natural flow of the river

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is cleaning the water and you can
enjoy scenic paddle while taking in both waterfall

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and wildlife. You can paddle without
hazards or obstructions. Across the state line

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into Pennsylvania, take a short three
mile paddle to the Hillsville, Pennsylvania area,

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where a nine mile paddle and exit
at the McKinley Russell Boat Access Area.

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Gonna need somebody to pick you up
though, right. A lot of

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golf here. I'm not a golfer, but the Youngstown area offers a variety

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of golf course options in a matti
your skill level, from the historic Donald

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Ross designed thirty six whole course in
the natural beauty of Mill Creek Park to

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more modern designs at Kensington Reserve Run
and the Links at Firestone. I might

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stick to the Bunker Southern Park,
a thirty seven thousand square at indoor golf

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and entertainment center offering eight simulators to
the public, each with its own private

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bay and seating for eight play championship
courses and compete in an online long drive

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and closes to the contests. Looks
here like there's a putting green as well.

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Several wineries. Or here's the breweries. I'll get distracted. Paladin Brewing,

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Noble Creature Cask House, Biker brew
House, Lake Milton Brewery, Penguin

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City Brewing, Whistle and Keg love
that name and the casual Pint Sports Youngstown,

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Phantom's Hockey, Oh Wow. The
Noah's Lost Arc Exotic Animal Sanctuary.

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The special facility provides a safe environment
for exotic animals, including lions, tigers,

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and leopards. The Extreme Air Trampoline
Park and Deep Freeze Ice Arena.

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Extreme Air ten thousand square feet of
trampolines, two story laser tag, a

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climbing wall, and Ninja Warrior course. All Right, I'm hungry, Let's

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take a break. We'll come back
and eat. Who's hungry. One of

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Youngstown's favorite desserts is colachi. He
served at holidays and special occasions. The

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dough is rolled out and filled with
a variety of fillings. This Youngstown tradition

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has served at bakeries throughout Mahanting County. The Buttermade Bakery a fifth generation small

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family bakery. Their walnut filled Colachi
is the original one hundred fifty year old

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recipe passed down over generations. Handel's
Homemade ice Cream founded in nineteen forty five.

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I love those old places. This
ice cream franchise is considered one of

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the greatest ice cream success stories in
the nation. Oh Donut Company, I'm

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in. I love donuts. This
innovative specialty donut shop features a selection of

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flavors and creative pairings and offers breakfast
sandwiches, walking waffles of coffee, and

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juices. What's a walking waffle?
I want one? End two by Deville

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and ice Cream. All ice cream
is made to order and frozen with liquid

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nitrogen right in front of your eyes, fifty flavors, twenty mixens that sounds

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cool food. A whole page about
Tacos, Los Caios, Mission, taco

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El, Cowboy Tex mex Grill,
El Halipano two, Taquia Jalisco, mex

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Skin Restaurant, Gringos Tacos love that
Name, El Villard, a Mexican restaurant,

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and Norma's Cassadasacos whom now flipping through
the restaurant part of the book,

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Susie's Dogs and Drafts say that would
get me. Choose from a wide variety

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of hot dogs and bun options,
plus more than fifty toppings and creating your

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own dog. They also serve smash
burgers and I assume beer from the title

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Wow. A whole page for coffee
Branch, Street Coffee Roasters, Stone Fruit

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Coffee Company, Press Coffee Bar,
Peaberries, High Octane Coffee, Culture House

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Coffee, the Coffee Shop, Youngstown
Coffee, and Hallowed Grounds Coffee. Now

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to the shopping page. The Amish
Market, Ohio's first indoor Amish Market,

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includes over fifteen vendors from the nearby
Amish community. Find baked goods, Amish

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furniture, gifts, cheese and deli
counters, butcher shop, produce and bulk

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foods, and Amish restaurant on site. It's also the dust Village Shops.

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Browsed through a collection of shops that
this quaints location find everything from Quilt's jewelry,

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books and collectibles to Amish cheeses and
candles, hunting frantiques, the Wizard

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of Odds oddds. This shop home
to fun items including antiques, glassware,

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jewelry, furniture, primitives and more. I like that name. A whole

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bunch of local farmers, markets,
save the Day, special events. Thanks

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Youngstown people. Okay, let's see
what's coming up. July ninth and tenth

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the Summer Festival of the Arts.
Enjoy live music, theater, dance performances

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in a variety of food vendors.
Then July twenty ninth or the thirtieth,

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the Mahoning Valley Irish Festival. This
inaugural festival will be held in Wien Park.

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Celebrated it to the heritage of the
Irish. Enjoy fair food and artists

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and breweries, music and performances,
children's activities and vendors. That sounds good.

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August fifth to the seventh, the
Greater Youngstown Italian fest. Visitors experience

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more than six city blocks of games, authentic Italian food, Little King and

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Queen Contest, pasta eating contest,
Saturday pokemass and craft vendors. Weekend of

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August thirteenth, twentieth, and twenty
seventh. It's the Shaker Woods Festival.

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Go back to a simpler time.
Stroll rustic pass through beautifully manicured woods,

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enjoy the aroma of country cooking over
open fires, and the sound of free

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entertainment. I was thirty feet.
It's November fifth, the Canfield Fair,

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Ohio's largest county fair and the third
largest county fair in the country. It's

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one hundred and seventy six, the
year of bringing family, fun, fellowship

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and agriculture to Mahoney County. It's
the can't miss end of summer event that

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typically draws three hundred thousand people annually
over its six day run. Wow Top

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name entertainment every year in the past. Darius Rucker, Reba mcinsire, John

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Mellencamp, Petatonics, Blake Shelton and
the Beach Boys. They've all performed there.

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I wonder who's performing this year.
That sounds pretty cool. October two,

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The Boardman Rotary october Fest, the
area's largest one day arts and crafts

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event, draws vendors from five states. But it's an october Fest, right,

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That's not why I'm going. I'm
not going to see Krafts october Fest.

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Man. Maybe I'll day trip out
to the County Fair. That sounds

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like it would be fun. I
can get up early and do that in

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one day and come back. But
that's Youngstown. Good job at County Convention

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of Visitors Bureau hashtag visit Youngstown makes
me want to check it out. And

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