Hobos, Miners, and Winers!

Take a ride on the Byesville Scenic Railroad and learn about an Ohio Miners life, trials, and terrors! Great narration on this scenic one hour ride. Have a hobo’s lunch in the new Gazebo at Warther’s! Meet Hobo Jim and learn how this meeting changed Mooney Warther’s life! Tour the caboose and the old telegraph office and have your picture taken on the push-pull car! Stop by a local winery for wine sampling and snack before heading for home. Choose Raven’s Glenn or Breitenbach.

The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker!
(Any time of year)

Learn more about the best kitchen cutlery in the world at Warther’s! Enjoy a candle carving demonstration at an Amish candle company, gift for everyone. Enjoy a feast at either one of our fine Amish Kitchen Cooking Restaurants or an Amish home. Visit a cheese factory and Amish Bakery, everyone receives bread. Choice of Heini’s Cheese and Kauffman Bakery or Guggisberg Cheese and Miller Bakery. Walnut Creek Cheese for ice cream, best deli in the area…bring coolers! End the day at Dutch Creek Foods Meat Market.

Dreamsville, USA!

Visit the beautifully restored Dennison Depot, the last home front Canteen from WWII! Lots of great wartime and railroad memorabilia along with newly restored rail car tours. Complimentary cookie in replica of lunch sack given to soldiers as they came through Dennison. Find out more how the town got its name, Dreamsville USA! Take a step back in time the days of the Christian Delaware Indians and learn about pioneer life and times during post revolutionary war times. Have lunch cooked over an open fire and make and take your own Indian craft. Lunch can also be included at Dennison Depot, your choice. Visit the USS Radford Museum in Newcomerstown for one of the best keep secrets in unique wartime museums, and walk across the street to the Temperance Tavern and Cy Young Museum. Enjoy some wine tasting and beautiful scenery along the Tuscarawas River at the Raven’s Glenn Winery before heading for home.

Enjoy candy dipping at Grandma’s Alpine Homestead with owners Lee Ann and Ann! Fun and interactive, recipes and sampling! Visit Miller Bakery and pick out a pastry of your choice. Enjoy a fondue party at Chalet in the Valley and walk over to Gugisberg Cheese, home of the Original Baby Swiss! Stop by an Amish home to sample specialty salads and learn how to make peanut butter whip. Enjoy a buggy ride and pickle sampling at Yoder’s Amish home along with a leisurely buggy ride in the meadow. Return to Grandma’s for awesome buffet before heading for home!

Home For The Holidays!
(Nov. and Dec)

Enjoy a Victorian Country Christmas in Historic Downtown Millersburg. Have lunch with an old fashioned Santa at the Hotel Millersburg, second oldest operating hotel in Ohio. Enjoy a carriage ride through downtown, and treats and gifts for everyone throughout the day. Visit the gorgeous Victorian Mansion decked out for the holidays. Cheese and bakery stops before heading for home.

Visit historic downtown Cambridge, Ohio, and enjoy the village decked out in the Charles Dickens theme as you enjoy some free time in the village for shopping. Stop by a Taste of Ohio for a make and take holiday craft. Enjoy a bountiful feast at Theo’s Restaurant and a treat from Kennedy’s Bakery to take home. Go back in time to a Miners Holiday aboard the Byesville Scenic Railroad and learn how the miners celebrated the holidays.

Hoboes and Hoagies
(May-October)

Follow the footsteps of travelers from another ear! Enjoy a living history tour of Roscoe Village, a restored 1800’s canal town. Costumed guides will take back to the booming days of trade on the Ohio and Erie Canal. Lunch on own and shopping time in the village before departing for a one hour canal boat ride on a restored portion of the original tow path. Experience what life was like for hoagies (canal boat workers) as they carved their notch in history! We will stop at the Usual Junction Gift shop made out of restored railroad cars which features a selection of gourmet and Amish food items and over 2,000 wedding and evening gowns! Wine sampling at Raven’s Glenn Winery is also included, then it’s off to the famed Warther Carving Museum for a private tour of the grounds, caboose, button house, museum, and knife shop. Enjoy a candlelight dinner in the Ivory Room surrounded by the priceless carvings before departing home.

Days of Wine and Roses
(Best late May-October)

Enjoy the beautiful Swiss Gardens at Warthers and learn more about how they were designed. Visit the button house, view the priceless carvings, and watch the family create the finest kitchen cutlery in the world! Lunch at an Amish home and learn more about their garden techniques. Visit Baltic Mill which features a great array of stone ground cornmeal, flours, spices, bulk foods, and a huge room with accents for your deck and gardens! Shopping time in either Berlin or the Holmes County Amish Country Flea Market. End the day with samples at Breitenbach Winery!

See how unique products are made in Ohio! Features stops at P. Graham Dunn Woodworking and Laser Art Gallery, Lehman’s General Store and Old Fashioned Hardware, Wendell August Forge, lunch on own at Grandma’s Alpine Homestead or one of our area’s Amish Kitchen Cooking Restaurants, ice cream from Walnut Creek Cheese, and a special tour and candlelight dinner in the Ivory Room at Warthers…one of the finest events for groups in our area!