16. Enjoy Christmas from your car
Fantasy of Lights at Alum Creek State Park
You don't even have to leave your seat to see more than a million lights draped around Alum Creek State Park. The drive-through show turns on at 5:30 p.m. daily and costs $10 on weekdays and $15 on weekends.
17. Unleash your inner Canadian
Columbus Curling Club
Ever took to a sheet and raised a rock just inside the hog line? If you have no idea what that means, head to this rare curling-specific facility for one of the clinics or instructional leagues scheduled throughout the season.
18. Spice up your afternoon tea
Hot toddy
Need to shake off a winter chill? Simply start with your everyday herbal - then get a little livelier. To one cup of tea, add a tablespoon of honey, juice from a lemon quarter and an ounce of rum, whiskey or brandy. Garnish with cinnamon stick.
19. Curl up with a good book
Columbus Metropolitan Library
People in other cities are able to wander through stacks, pick out a good book and curl up in a quiet library corner. They just can't do so at the best library in the country, an honor the Columbus system grabbed again in 2010.
20. Tour a sugar shack
Ohio Maple Producers Association
The Buckeye State boasts hundreds of operations that specialize in transforming tree sap into delectable pancake topping. Most of them are so excited about their outdoor alchemy that they'll give you a free tour. Ohio's short tapping season usually starts in February.
