Dresden is the home of the world’s largest basket. It is located at Basket Village USA.
Akron was the first city to use police cars.
Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.
Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865.
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. He was from Wapakoneta.
Seven United States presidents were born in Ohio.
The first full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.
In 1852 Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.
Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.
East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the first pedestrian button for the control of a traffic light.
Cleveland became the world’s first city to be lighted electrically in 1879.
After Pennsylvania, Ohio has the second largest concentration of Amish living in the United States.
In 1908, the first-ever professional fire department in the United States was established in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ohio is home to the world’s largest collection of troll dolls at the Troll Hole Museum in Alliance.
Mansfield, Ohio, is home to the BibleWalk Museum, which features over 300 wax figures depicting biblical scenes.
The largest basket-shaped building, the Longaberger Company headquarters, is in Newark, Ohio.