Columbus Sights

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• Adena Conical Burial Mound. AKA Campbell Mound State Memorial. 20 feet high - 100 feet in diameter. Close to 270 W and I 70 intersection in Columbus OH on Montgomery St. Woodlands Period about 1,000 BC - 700 AD.
• Columbus Crew Stadium, Adjacent to Ohio Historical Society of of I-71. Home ot Columbus Crew Soccer and as of 2008 a $2 million dollar new stage has been installed to host big-name concerts. Great location.

• The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 9990 Riverside Dr. +1 614 645-3400, www.colszoo.org. Columbus' zoo has been rated number one in the country, which also includes it's golf course, water/theme park and soon-to-be resort. The zoo has a great collection of endangered species, including manatees, cheetahs and lowland gorillas. They recently opened the Asia Quest exhibit with Siberian tigers, sun bears and Pallas cats.

• Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad St, +1 614 221-6801 (info@columbusmuseum.org), www.columbusmuseum.org. Free on Sundays. Has a good restaurant.

• The Greater Columbus Convention Center, www.columbusconventions.com. Located downtown between the Arena District and the Short North, this convention center houses gaming cons, Sci-Fi cons, teachers association meetings, fitness expos and almost any kind of large gathering you can imagine. A Hyatt Regency hotel is built into the structure and several other hotels are connected by skyway tunnels.

• COSI, 333 West Broad St, +1 614 228-COSI, www.cosi.org. COSI is an amazing museum, where kids will want to stay forever because of the cool and interactive science and technology exhibits. Adults love it, too. The building itself is a massive elliptical building, directly across the Scioto River from Downtown. It was built around Central High School.

Franklin Park Conservatory

• Franklin Park Conservatory Beautiful sculpted gardens and indoor biomes make up this spectacular site. The conservatory hosts various exhibitions (such as Blooms & Butterflies each spring with live releases) and has a collection of Chihuly glass. General William Tecumseh Sherman gave his famous 'War is Hell' speech here.

• Ohio Craft Museum www.ohiocraft.org/museum.html, 1665 West Fifth Ave, +1 614 486-4402, . M–Sa 10AM–5PM Su. 1PM–4 PM. Closed Sa. Five major exhibitions each year.

• Ohio Statehouse, downtown at the intersection of Broad and High streets, +1 614 728-2695, www.statehouse.state.oh.us. This is the Ohio Capitol building, built in pre-Civil War time. It still houses the state legislature. It's open for browsing and they offer free tours daily.

• Experience Columbus (the convention & visitors bureau), www.experiencecolumbus.com/attractions.cfm, has a complete list of attractions.