America 250-Ohio Launches Free Audio Tour of U.S. Route 250

COLUMBUS, OHIO – (October 28, 2026) – America 250-Ohio today announced a new, free audio tour of U.S. Route 250 in Ohio. The self-guided tour runs roughly 150 miles across Ohio, from Sandusky on Lake Erie to Bridgeport on the Ohio River. The tour automatically plays audio stories for drivers as they approach the selected sites on the route. There are about 30 total sites with stories on the audio tour, all tied to major people, places and events that shaped Ohio and the nation.

The audio tour runs on the TravelStorys app and uses GPS to play each story as drivers approach a featured location. Listeners need no Wi-Fi or cellular connection once they download the app and the Route 250 tour. No login or username is required.

Having a major U.S. Route named with the same number as the birthday our nation is celebrating made for an obvious point of collaboration. Organizations from the eight Ohio counties along U.S. Route 250 helped choose the featured sites. Twenty-five are places visitors can stop and explore. The other five are interesting facts to enjoy while driving.

“A couple of years ago, we thought it would be fun and appropriate to combine some of the themes of America 250-Ohio with the section of U.S. Route 250 here in Ohio,” said Todd Kleismit, executive director of America 250-Ohio. “These stories along Route 250 come together to make a fun and educational road trip that shows how Ohio helped shape America as we honor our country’s 250^th year.”

A sampling of the sites listeners will hear about include:

• The Plum Brook Ordnance Works, which produced a billion pounds of TNT during World War II and the Armstrong Test Facility that is now on the same property in Sandusky, Ohio (audio only)
• Thomas Edison’s birthplace in Milan, a village that was once the second-largest grain port in the world
• The America 250-Ohio Barn near Wooster
• The Wilderness Center, a 600-acre natural preserve in Wilmot, Ohio
• Fort Laurens, Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort
• Schoenbrunn Village, where Moravian missionaries and their Delaware (Lenape) followers lived from 1772 to 1777
• The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, the World War II canteen known as “Dreamsville, USA”

• The Underground Railroad routes that followed the same path to freedom (audio only)

• The Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Clark Gable Museum and the Great Stone Viaduct

Most of the sites highlighted on the audio tour are visitor destinations. The audio tour includes links to the sites with visitor information to facilitate visits.

The U.S. Route 250 Audio Tour is available now at travelstorys.com/tours/route-250. Visitors can download the free TravelStorys app from the App Store or Google Play. Listeners who can’t make the drive can take the tour online at the same link.

A full list of sites is available on the America 250-Ohio website: https://america250-ohio.org/route-250-audio-tour

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About America 250-Ohio 

In 2026, the United States is celebrating its semiquincentennial, which is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Each state is creating a celebration and commemoration of this anniversary to reflect the unique character and contributions of each state to the nation over the past 250 years. Ohio is fully embracing this opportunity. Cenovus Energy has signed on as the Visionary Sponsor for Ohio’s statewide programming. The Ohio Commission for the Semiquincentennial (aka America 250-Ohio Commission or AM 250- OH) was created by the Ohio legislature and launched on March 1, 2022. The charge of the Commission is to “…to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States and the impact of Ohioans on the nation’s past, present, and future.” — Ohio Revised Code (149.309). More information can be found at America250-Ohio.org.