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Secret Ohio: Queen City Underground Tour

Cincinnati has a long history that comes to light once you delve into the secrets of the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

BY Linda Feagler | Photo courtesy of American Legacy Tours

Known for the Italianate, Greek Revival and Queen Anne architecture that was common in 19th century and early 20th century urban America, Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood has been compared to historic districts in Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia. Revitalized over the last decade, it’s now an entertainment destination filled with restaurants, bars and boutique shops. “It would have been a lot cheaper to tear all the historic buildings down, but the fact they’ve all been preserved is incredible,” says Craig Maness, director of business operations for Cincinnati’s American Legacy Tours, which conducts more than a dozen walking excursions throughout the city. Settled by German immigrants, the neighborhood quickly became known for its breweries — with 1,841 registered drinking establishments within 7 square miles in 1890. That heritage, which ended with Prohibition, is the focal point of the Queen City Underground Tour. Since it was launched in 2010, 30,000 tourists have signed up each year, eager to wander the subterranean tunnels that were once the lager cellar of the John Kauffman Brewing Co. The tour also includes stops at buildings above ground that have earned a place in history, including the theater where Ohio native Annie Oakley performed and a burial crypt containing the final resting place of a Revolutionary War soldier.  Tunnel Vision: Although the tunnels underneath what was the John Kauffman Brewing Co. from 1860 to 1919 remained intact, they weren’t discovered until the 1990s when the building was being renovated to become the Guild Haus apartment complex. The arched passageways flanked by vaulted stone walls 20 feet high once held barrels of lager, the drink of choice among Cincinnatians more than a century ago. “The temperature down here is 58 degrees throughout the year,” Maness says, “so it’s always comfortable no matter the weather.” Political Machine: Opened in 1873, Wielert’s Beer Gardens quickly became known as Cincinnati’s “Second City Hall.” City councilman and political boss George Cox held court there, as did associates that included August Herrmann, who served as president of the Cincinnati Reds from 1902 to 1927. “Herrmann is known as the Father of the World Series,” Maness says. “He talked about it on this spot, created it and brought the first one to Cincinnati. The building is vacant now, but plans are underway to turn it into a restaurant and bar.” A Star is Born: The building that is now the Venice on Vine pizza shop was once the People’s Theatre, where famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley performed in the mid-1800s. The original entrance and box office are still there. “She was born Phoebe Ann Moses,” says Maness. “But [showman] Buffalo Bill Cody told her to change her name. She was living nearby in Oakley at the time, and he thought it was more marketable.” Hero’s Welcome: Built in 1859, St. Francis Seraph Church contains a burial crypt under the altar with 41 graves, including that of Joel Green, who served in the Revolutionary War. Born in 1757, he moved to Ohio with his family in 1809 and died a decade later. In 2014, the Sons of the American Revolution dedicated a grave marker in his honor. “There was a full funeral procession,” Maness says. “Participants wore kilts and Revolutionary War uniforms and played bagpipes. It was a fitting tribute.” The Queen City Underground Tour is conducted year-round. Visit americanlegacytours.com  or call 859/951-8560 for tour options.

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Join us on a walking tour of Cincinnati to learn about Cincinnati's hidden history on one of the Top Five Underground Tours in the U.S. Enjoy a stroll through Over-the-Rhine, home to America's largest set of historical landmarks. Visit buildings in the Gateway District that were home to over 130 saloons, bars, beer gardens, and theaters. Then, descend below the city streets for exclusive access to a hidden crypt where some of Cincinnati's first residents were buried. Next return underground to explore hidden tunnels vital to Cincinnati's brewery heritage at the Kauffman Brewery. Tours will go on rain or shine!

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From underground tunnels to a living art museum

Cincinnati is a city with no shortage of history, architecture, public art, worldly cuisine, and an unmatched beer and bourbon scene. If you want to see it all, a tour is the way to go!

Much like current day Cincinnati, Cincinnati in the 1800s was brimming with German Heritage and breweries. In fact, Cincinnatians were known to consume 40 gallons of beer per person every single year! To keep the beverage cold, beer brewers created and utilized subterranean tunnels to bottle and store it all. Years of technological innovation left those tunnels forgotten, until recently when they were rediscovered in Cincy’s Over-The-Rhine neighborhood! Go underground into the historic lagering tunnels on the Queen City Underground Tour , one of the top five underground tours in the country, and learn all about Cincinnati’s hidden history and early residents!

Fascinated by Cincinnati’s brewing history? Discover the official Brewing Heritage Trail marked by embedded trail markers all around Cincinnati’s downtown. Book a tour to follow a Brewing Heritage storyteller along the trail (and underground). Or download the Brewing Heritage Trail app for a self-guided tour at your own pace!

Right across the river from Cincinnati is Kentucky, the birthplace of bourbon. So it’s only fitting that here in Northern Kentucky you’ll find the gateway to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail: The B-Line, a collection of distilleries, bourbon bars, and bourbon centric restaurants that allows you to sip your way through the epicenter of bourbon culture and history at your own pace. Download The B-Line passport , or pick one up at any of the participating establishments, and find out why The Bourbon Review called Northern Kentucky the best bourbon weekend trip of 2019 .

Celebrity chef, Simon Majumdar once said that Cincinnati’s food scene was one of the most fun food scenes in the country , and he definitely wasn’t wrong. If you want to try a little bit of everything, these tours and trails are the perfect places to start.

The Findlay Market Food Tour will give you the opportunity to see the city’s entrepreneurial spirit, and eclectic taste. Get to know vendors that have been around the historic market for generations, sample foods from around the world, and try a Cincinnati delicacy: goetta!

The Butler County Donut Trail is an 80 mile, passport-style trail through the Cincinnati suburbs. This self-guided tour covers 12 donut shops, including the original Holtman’s Donuts , a Cincinnati staple. Download the passport, or pick one up at one of the participating shops. Each donut you try gets you one step closer to a free Donut Trail t-shirt!

Cincinnati has an amazing public art program, which means that walking around downtown can feel like walking through an art museum. In fact, there are more than 50 murals that exist in Cincinnati’s downtown, and you can usually find one or two more in progress! All of this is because of ArtWorks, a local nonprofit that believes that art has the power to better our community. From May through October, you can join one of ArtWork’s public walking tours and have a guide talk you through a variety of the city’s murals, or you can download ArtWork’s map of murals and take a more self-guided approach to our living art museum.

Cincinnati is home to some incredible Art Deco and Italianate architecture. In fact, here you’ll find the prototype of the Empire State Building, the Brooklynn Bridge, and the largest half dome in the Western Hemisphere! Check out one of the best examples of Victorian Gothic Revival by taking an outdoor tour of Cincinnati Music Hall ! Tours run April-November and are packed full about the building’s intricate details, and stories about this iconic location, and the people who built it.

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Are you an explorer by nature? A curious sort? A "where do the locals go" kind of traveler? If so, it's tour time! Ghost or gangster tours? We've got 'em. Beer and bourbon? There's a tour (or 10) for that. Whether you’re interested in history, public art and architecture, foodie favorites, or libations, you'll find a tour to suit your style right here in Cincy. Check them out today and let the fun begin. 

Try these unique Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky tours

Cincy was literally built on beer : a labyrinth of underground lagering cellars and tunnels hide below city streets. Tour original brewery buildings, see the beer-making process, and taste the end product on a beer tour like Cincinnati Brewery District Tours, which takes you on historical tours of the breweries, cellars, and tunnels that were the heart of Cincinnati’s brewing industry. In addition to taking you through newly discovered brewery tunnels, the Queen City Underground tours also take you on an above-ground tour to Over-the-Rhine’s historical landmarks.

Foodies won’t want to miss a tour of historic Findlay Market where you can meet local merchants and try their offerings; or check out Riverside Food Tours, with ten different food tours offering unique flavors from around the city. In another historic area, discover the places where the mob once ruled on the Newport Gangster Tour in Northern Kentucky.

Get more ideas on the many ways to see the region and try new experiences with these suggested walking, water, and flying tours .

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BUILT ON BEER TOUR

2 Hour Historical Brewery Architecture Tour Above Ground & Below, Along the West Side of the Brewery District in OTR

CINCINNATI BREWING & DISTILLING TASTING TOUR

2.5 Hour Mostly Indoor Behind the Scenes Brewing & Distilling Tasting Tour Including a Visit to an Underground Lagering Cellar

DARKSIDE OF BREWING TOUR

2 Hour True Crime & Gruesome Events Fall Tour (Sept.-Nov.) Includes a Visit Inside an Abandoned 19th Century Brewery & Theater

OVER & UNDER THE RHINE TOUR

2 Hour Historical Cincinnati Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood Walking & Streetcar Tour Above Ground & Below

BREWERS & BARONS TRAIL TOUR

2 Hour Guided Tour of Our Historical Trail, Featuring Unique Signage, Art Installations, and an Underground Lagering Cellar, Along the East Side of the Brewery District in OTR

CELLARS & SALOONS BRUNCH TOUR

4 Hour Brunch & Beer Tasting Tour Starting At The Moerlein Lager House

Accompanied by a Brewing and Saloon History Tour Above Ground and Below.

BUILT ON BEER/BREW BUS

1 Hour Historical Brewery Architecture Tour Above Ground & Below + 3 Hours of Beer Tasting with the Brew Bus

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BALLPARKS & BREWERIES BUS TOUR

This unique spring & summer experience takes guests to every location where the Reds played during the 19th and 20th century!

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Darkside of Brewing Tour

Tour Duration: 2 Hours

Tales of Cincinnati’s Haunted & Gruesome Past • Includes a Free Beer!

What To Bring

Tours run rain or shine, so please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable footwear, as the tour route covers a variety of paved and unpaved surfaces. All guests will be provided with a flashlight for exploration of darkened streets and the inside of the theater and brewhouse.

True Crime and Gruesome Events Seasonal Tour!

Join the Brewing Heritage Trail on this limited edition seasonal tour (Sept.-Nov.) and learn about gruesome and macabre events from Cincinnati’s past. Grave robbing, a serial killing saloonist, and other murderous and deadly mayhem is explored on this new tour, which also includes a visit to an abandoned city street, overtaken by nature, as well as a flashlight tour of the Imperial Theater and the 19th century Jackson Brewhouse. Both have not been open to the public in many years and their exploration is only available through this tour!

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This is an outdoor walking tour of less than one mile, starting and concluding at the Northern Row Brewery & Distillery, for a pint of beer. Some content may not be appropriate for young children, so please keep this in mind when booking.

Ballparks & Breweries Bus Tour

Tour Duration: 2.5 Hours

Price: $59 all ages welcome.

We suggest dressing for the weather and wearing comfortable shoes to walk in. On sunny days, sunglasses and a hat are suggested.

visit where the reds played in the 19th century

Professional baseball began in Cincinnati and this unique experience takes guests to every location where the Reds played during the 19th and 20th century, tracing the connection between historic brewing and our national pastime along the way.

Beginning at the Moerlein Lager House, next to Great American Ballpark and at the site of Riverfront Stadium, we head out via bus to Union Grounds, where the undefeated 1869 Red Stockings played baseball! Crosley Field is certainly on the list, as is the original Crosley Radio Factory, where Powell Crosley built his broadcast empire before purchasing the Reds.

Findlay Market’s Opening Day Parade is a Cincinnati tradition dating back more than a century and we’ll take you along the original parade route, sharing stories from the event’s past, as we head into the Brewery District to check out some of the brewing structures tied to Reds history.

Tickets include a souvenir map, showing the ballpark sites visited, and a beer or soft drink at the Moerlein Lager House when we return. Tours run rain or shine and the group does disembark from the bus several times in order to take a closer look at some locations, but guests are welcome to remain onboard. Don’t miss out on this new, one of a kind tour, only offered by the Brewing Heritage Trail!

Cincinnati Brewing & Distilling Tasting Tour

Price: $35 (18+ non-drinking) $55 (21 drinking)

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An Underground History & Behind the Scenes Experience

This tour meets at Northern Row Brewery and Distillery, where we’ll get a close-up look at their distilling process, followed by a spirit sampling. Next stop is the lagering cellar of the historic Jackson Brewery, exploring underground passages where beer was fermented and cold stored dating back to the 1850s! We then head over to the Rhinegeist Brewery, located inside a pre-Prohibition brewing structure, where we’ll take a behind the scenes tour of their modern and historic facility (stairs are required for part of the tour), concluding with a flight of their beverages. No other tour in the city offers historic and modern brewing and distilling, with an underground cellar exploration, so don’t miss out on this unique tour offered only by the Brewing Heritage Trail!

This two and a half hour tour is mostly indoors, with a short walk of about one block between each location. The underground cellar we visit was excavated from a hillside, so no stairs are required to enter and exit. Included in the tour is a flight of beers from Rhinegeist and three spirit samples at Northern Row, however, you can choose to have a pint of their beer if you prefer. For guests on the tour not drinking alcohol, we will make sure to provide you with a soft drink at each location.

Built on Beer Tour

• Our Most Accessible Tour! • Historic Brewery Architecture Tour Above Ground & Below

Step into the past and explore the westside of the Brewery District!

Brewing high quality beer was an art form to many Cincinnati breweries and the buildings that housed their operations needed to be an extension of this passion. Come and witness the evolution of the brewing industry through the size, complexity, and architectural grandeur of the city’s historic breweries.

Beginning the Brewing Heritage Trail “Hop On” sign at Findlay Market, we walk along the western portion of the Brewery District and marvel at the many remaining 19th and early 20th century structures, while sharing stories of those who built or doomed these brewing empires during beer’s industrial revolution.

Tours include a visit into the vast subterranean lager cellars of the historic (non-operating) Jackson Brewery, as well as outdoor visitation to the Sohn/Mohawk Brewery, several Christian Moerlein sites, and the location of the Bellevue Incline. The Jackson Brewery cellars were excavated from the hillside under the brewery, so we enter from street level and there are no stairs to climb going in or out, making these cellars very accessible and the total walking distance for this tour is less than half a mile.

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At the conclusion of each tour, the group will stop in at a neighborhood taproom for a pint of local beer, which is included with each ticket. Soft drinks are also available for anyone who prefers this option.

Brewers & Barons Trail Tour

•Historic Beer Making & Brewery Worker Tour Above Ground & Below

Step into the past and explore the eastside of the Brewery District!

Discover the people and places that made brewing a cornerstone of the Queen City’s history with a guided tour of our unique historical trail. Beginning at the Brewing Heritage Trail “Hop On” sign at Findlay Market, we walk along the eastern portion of the Brewery District, sharing stories of the workers, brewmasters, and beer barons from the 19th and early 20th century. Experience the places they worked, learn the dangers they faced, and the empires they built by producing America’s best brews.

Tours include a visit into the subterranean lagering cellars and tunnels of the historic (non-operating) Schmidt Brothers / Crown Brewery, as well as outdoor visitation to historic Lafayette, Hudepohl and Kauffman Brewery structures. Those joining us in the underground cellar will need to be able to traverse a series of stairs leading in and out, but all guests have the option to remain topside.

At the conclusion of each tour, the group will return to the Race Street Station Bar at Findlay Market for a round of pints, included with the tour.

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Over & under the rhine tour.

•Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood Walking & Streetcar Tour Above Ground & Below

Explore the Over-the-Rhine Historic Neighborhood and Its Landmarks!

Over-the-Rhine is a historic neighborhood comprised of amazing structures both above and below the ground. Come and explore with us as we walk and ride the streetcar to major topside landmarks such as Findlay Market, Music Hall, Washington Park, and the location of the Miam-Erie Canal. We’ll also learn about its underground history as we stop by several places from above, including the pre-Prohibition lagering facility of the Lafayette Brewery and Cincinnati’s abandoned subway system below Central Parkway. Then we’ll go underground, where the Gerke Brewery fermented and cold-stored their beer dating back to the 1850s.

Our journey concludes at a local taproom, where we’ll have a pint or a soft drink, included with the tour.

This tour is not recommended for young children due to the steep steps leading in and out of the Gerke Lagering Cellar, required for guests who choose to explore the underground section of this tour. However, guests have the option to remain topside.

Cellars, Saloons, & Brunch Tour

Tour duration: 4 hours.

•Brunch, Beer Tasting & Brewing History Tour Above Ground & Below

Delicious food and beer, accompanied by a modern and historic brewery tour!

Our fun begins at the Moerlein Lager House, where we’ll have a flight of beers and take a short tour of the brewpub, before enjoying a freshly prepared brunch. Afterward, we catch a streetcar to Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, looking for relics of the city’s brewing past, both large and small, often hidden in plain sight. We’ll share stories of not only the breweries that helped to build the Queen City, but also the saloons where thirsty citizens gathered every day.

Along the way, the tour stops in for a pint at the Lackman Bar, located at a pre-Prohibition saloon site, with many local favorites on tap. After quenching our thirst, we’ll visit the historic underground lagering cellars of the the Park Brewery, open for the first time to visitors in many years and only available through this tour! Finally, we’ll catch the streetcar and head back to the Moerlein Lager House.

Food & Beverage Info

This tour includes a flight of Christian Moerlein beers, an entree selection from the brunch menu, and a pint of beer at the Lackman Bar.

Please wear comfortable shoes for walking and dress appropriately for the weather conditions, as we will be walking outside for part of the tour. Stairs are required to enter and exit the underground lagering cellars, but all guests have the option to remain topside.

Underground Tunnel Brewery District And Craft Beer Tasting

Tour Duration: 5 Hours

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the brewery district tour

Two tours, one day. Take a visit along the Brewing Heritage Trail to see historic breweries and underground lagering cellars and afterward hit up three local craft breweries. Celebrate and experience Cincinnati’s amazing beer tradition! Receive a Souvenir Cincy Brew Bus Taster Glass!

See Cincinnati’s Largest Underground Cellar where Cincinnati Beer Tradition began. Go back in history with us and celebrate local beer afterward with a Craft Brewery Tasting Tour (16-20 oz of beer at 3 different locations).

We will start at Northern Row Brewery & Distillery (111 West McMicken Ave.) Public parking is next to the taproom and on McMicken and Race Street. Plan on walking about 1/2 a mile and wear comfy shoes/dress for the being outside in the elements.

We  a one hour tour along a portion of the Brewing Heritage Trail, including exploration of the historic (non-operating) Jackson Brewery underground lagering cellars. Then you will hop on the Cincy Brew Bus and head out to 3 local craft breweries where you will be treated to a behind the scenes tour, 16-18 ounces of fresh locally made beer and proper tasting techniques.

We will span two centuries of Cincinnati Beer and celebrate our past and our incredible future.

Tickets are limited to 14 people per tour unless you have a larger party, and then you can inquire about a private event.

Private Custom Brewery Tour

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•Private tour customized just for you!

see what you want to see, go where you want to go

We welcome private tours outside of our normal tour schedule. You can choose one of the public tours listed on our website or we can customize one for you. Tours are great for business outings, bachelor and bachelorette parties, family outings, and more! We can also assist with partners at local breweries and restaurants for tastings, food, and more.

Contact us at: [email protected] and let us know the date and time you are considering, along with the anticipated number of guests and any specific tour content or locations, such as taprooms, you’d like to visit.

Below is some general information about our private tours:

– Schedule/Duration: We can typically start the tour at any day or time you prefer and can meet you at one of our regular starting locations or one of your choosing in Over-the-Rhine or downtown Cincinnati. Typically these tours are about 90-120 minutes, but we are flexible on the time depending on what you prefer.

– Content: All of our public tours are available as private tours and they typically include a visit to an 1850s underground lagering cellar, but if there are particular locations you’d like to visit, please let us know, otherwise we can curate the content for you. These are usually walking tours, but we can set up transportation for an additional fee or utilize the streetcar, which is free.

– Cost: The base fee is $300 and that covers 1-8 guests. Tours are $35 per person for each additional attendee, but we do give group discounts. For groups of 9-19, we offer 15% off ($29.75 each) or groups 20 or more we offer 20% off ($28 each). If you would like us to set up a pint or flight of beers at a local taproom before, during, or after the tour it is typically $5-11 per person depending on where we go and what you want to drink. However, if you would like to keep all food/beverages on a separate tab, we can set things up that way as well. For all private tours, we include a 10% gratuity for the guide and for groups of more than 20 we typically add a second guide, splitting the group in two.

– Timeline: We like to have most details and payments finalized two weeks before the tour date in order to schedule a guide and notify any taprooms we’re working with on the tour.

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Visit two distilleries and a bourbon bar on the premier Cincinnati Bourbon and Distillery Tasting Tour! Stops may include Boone County Distilling, Second Sight Spirits and Wooden Cask. 11:20am Start time/Check in. 11:30 sharp departure

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Cincinnati Craft Brewery 3-Stop Hop!

Cincinnati’s Premier Tasting Tour hits up three locations and celebrates Cincinnati’s rich brewing heritage. Tastings and Servatii Pretzel Sticks are provided. Your tour guide will take great care of you and talk beer along the way!

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What started as a single bus and a basic brewery tour has become so much more! The Cincinnati Brew Bus still offers the best brewery tour in Cincinnati and some incredible tours focused on wine, donuts, pizza, and bourbon.

Cincinnati Brew Bus has the inside track on Cincinnati breweries and the wineries and distilleries throughout the Cincinnati region. Cincy Brew Bus has over 50 brewery partnerships across the region from Taft’s Ale House and Rhinegeist, to Fretboard Grainworks, Sonder, and we even visit Northern Kentucky breweries like Alexandria, Braxton, and Darkness Brewing . Not only are we the most comprehensive brewery tour in Cincinnati, but our wine, bourbon and distillery tours are top-rated tours in Cincinnati.

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Our tour guide, Brian, was knowledgeable, thoughtful, and on-point with the beer options. He had history tidbits about Cincinnati, which made the stops even more interesting. He took into account the tastes of the participants and pushed us to explore new beers. We will do this again!

Our group of 8 had so much fun! Toured 3 breweries and Justin made sure we always had our tasting glass full! Never had to wait long for the next beer to try. He was on it!! The bus ride was the best! Mood lighting added to the effect! Highly recommend this evening tour!

We love the Cincy wine wagon tour. It is fun, relaxing, and over all a great adventure! Our driver is wonderful and helps make the tour knowledgeable, safe, and fun. We highly recommend!

My friends and I went for my birthday because we are big craft beer drinkers. We were all thoroughly impressed by all of the breweries we visited. Such a fun experience! We will definitely be booking again!

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Top 9 day trips to take from Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati and the surrounding Tri-State area has so much to offer, but sometimes it's refreshing to explore somewhere new.

Throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, there are tons of exciting towns and experiences just a few hours outside of the Cincinnati area — and we're talking other than big cities like Columbus, Indianapolis and Louisville.

Whether you're looking for fun hikes or cool shopping experiences, here are the Top 9 day trips you can take from Cincinnati:

Yellow Springs

Distance from Cincinnati: About 1 hour

Located just north of Dayton, Yellow Springs is full of eclectic shops, galleries, restaurants and more. Outside of the downtown area, there are plenty of bike trails along the Little Miami Scenic Trail and hiking spots in Glen Helen and other areas. Yellow Springs is also often home to festivals, markets, street fairs and other events.

Santa Claus, Indiana

Distance from Cincinnati: About 2 1/2 hours

Have you ever wanted to experience the magic of Christmas year round? Then head to Santa Claus, Indiana. The Christmas-themed town is also home to Holiday World amusement park and Splashin' Safari water park. Outside of the amusement and water park, Santa Claus also has restaurants, shops and a museum that tells the origin of the town and its name.

Red River Gorge

Distance from Cincinnati: About 2 hours

With more than 100 natural sandstone arches, Red River Gorge , which lies within Daniel Boone National Forest, is a gorgeous oasis for hiking, rock climbing, camping and more just a couple hours away from Cincinnati. The gorge has plenty of popular hiking trails that vary in difficulty for all experience levels. There's also zipline tours, underground kayak tours and more to enjoy.

Ohio Caverns

Known as "America's most colorful caverns," the Ohio Caverns are roughly two hours north of Cincinnati. Guests can take a tour of two different parts of the underground caverns in the summer and one part in the winter. The tours feature stalactites and other formations that were first explored in 1897.

Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Distance from Cincinnati: Varies

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is a unique day trip, because it's truly what you make of it. The Tri-State area has plenty of stops from the bourbon trail, but the farthest distillery is roughly 4 hours from Cincinnati. In between, there are plenty of distilleries, such as Woodford Reserve in Versailles, Maker's Mark in Loretto, Four Roses in Lawrenceburg and many more. For the full map of Kentucky Bourbon Trail stops, click here.

Hocking Hills State Park

Located in Logan, Ohio, Hocking Hills State Park is a breathtaking state park that's only a couple hours away from Cincinnati. There are cabins at the park that could be rented out for a longer trip, but those just exploring for the day will want to experience highlights like Old Man's Cave and Ash Cave. Cedar Falls is also a park highlight that showcases some beautiful rock walls and waterfalls.

Little Nashville

Wanting to enjoy Nashville without driving all the way to Tennessee? Well, head on out to Nashville, Indiana AKA Little Nashville. The town, which is located in Brown County, is known for its various locally-owned shops and stores where shoppers can find everything from handcrafted jewelry to furniture, clothing and more. There's also plenty of restaurants and entertainment throughout the town as well — it wouldn't be Nashville without some music, obviously.

Distance from Cincinnati: About 3 hours

Rhinos, giraffes and cheetahs in Ohio? You read that correctly. The Wilds , which is located in Cumberland, Ohio, is one of the largest conservation centers in the world, spanning 10,000 acres east of Columbus. Endangered and threatened species, such as zebras, ostriches and African painted dogs, roam the park. Guests can either take a tour (there are multiple types) of the park, or there are lodging options for those wanting to spend more than a day there.

Mammoth Cave National Park

Home to the longest cave system in the world, Mammoth Cave National Park is just a few hours from Cincinnati. The park has plenty to experience, including cave tours, hiking, kayaking, fishing, horseback riding and more. Entering the park itself is free and open to the public, but exploring the caves requires tickets. There are multiple different cave tours available, with some lasting as long as 4 hours.

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