Cincinnati Things to Do Tips by frankcanfly Top 5 Page for this destination

The Newport Aquarium Newport Aquarium Review

Phone: (859) 815-1423

Website: http://www.newportaquarium.com

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Review

Phone: (513) 333-7500

Website: http://www.freedomcenter.org

Lytle Park Lytle Park Review

This is the smallest park in the city, barely half of a city block. It's located downtown, and it's unique feature is that is houses one of the few statues of Abraham Lincoln without a beard.

Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Art Museum Review

An excellent Art Museum, located in the center of the large Eden Park. Entry is free to most exhibits.

Address: 953 Eden Park Drive

Directions: Located in Eden Park, near Mount Adams

Phone: (513) 721-5204

Website: http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

Cincinnati Zoo Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens Review

Address: 3400 Vine Street

Directions: North of downtown, just past the University on Vine. In Avondale.

Phone: (513) 475-6124

Website: http://www.cincinnatizoo.org

Catholic Basilica of the Assumption Basilica of the Assumption Review

A beautiful church, modeled on Notre Dame in Paris.

Directions: Located on Madison Street in Covington, KY

Findlay Market Findlay Market Review

This is a photo of one of the buildings near the Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine.... There is a bit of a European spirit here, I like the windowboxes with flowers.

Findlay Market Findlay Market Review

Findlay Market is the only surviving municipal market house of the nine public markets operating in Cincinnati in the 19th and early 20th century. The market house is built on land donated to the City of Cincinnati by the estate of General James Findlay (1770 - 1835) and Jane Irwin Findlay (1769 - 1851). Findlay Market is Ohio's oldest surviving municipal market house. It was designed under the direction of City Civil Engineer Alfred West Gilbert (1816-1900) using a durable but unconventional cast and wrought iron frame, a construction technology that had been little used in the United States. Findlay Market was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The structure was among the first markets in the United States to use iron frame construction technology and is one of very few that have survived.

Built originally as an open-sided pavilion, the market was erected in 1852 but disputes with contractors and difficulties correcting problems with the new construction methods delayed its opening until 1855. The center masonry tower was added in 1902. Soon after, public health concerns about the market, which was open to the elements and increasing urban pollution, prompted enclosure of the market house and the addition of plumbing and refrigeration. Merchants previously had used cool storage in deep cellars beneath nearby breweries.

The market house tower bell, rung at the start of each market day, was brought from Cincinnati's Pearl Street Market when that facility was torn down in 1934. Findlay Market was renovated in 1973-74 as part of the federal Model Cities program. It was renovated again and expanded in 2002 and 2003.

Address: 1801 Race Street

Directions: Not in the safest area: Over the Rhine.

Website: http://www.findlaymarket.org

Houses on River Street - Covington, KY

For the best view of Cincinnati, come to River Street in Covington, KY. You can park your car and wander around the beautiful houses, with the cityscape of Cincinnati across the Ohio river.

Directions: Just upstream of the KY side of the Roebling Suspension Bridge

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum Review

Here you can learn about the 135 years of local baseball history. I'd recommend coming here prior to attending an actual ball game.

If you have you ball game ticket, the entry fee is half off.

Directions: Downtown, incorporated into the baseball stadium on the west side.

Phone: (513) 765-7000