re: Need way points for trip to Ohio

Nashville and Louisville are the best and most interesting cities on your route. Cincinnati isn't bad in parts, and I like Memphis for what it is, but I probably wouldn't want to be taking a family through an extended trip there. Columbus is fine and family-friendly, but it's as suburban and stale as anything I've seen. Cleveland is really cool in parts, but it's probably not worth the headache from Zanesville.

It really depends on what you want to do. Stuff for kids? Nice restaurants? Shows? More natural stuff?