Chasing Ohio's Covered Bridges Makes a Perfect Fall Road Trip

Ohio's dozens of historic covered bridges, scattered across its countryside, make a perfect fall road trip, best strung together on a leisurely autumn drive when the surrounding hills turn gold and red. The bridges, relics of a slower era, reward the traveler willing to seek them out.

Each bridge has its own history and setting, spanning a creek here, anchoring a rural crossroads there. Counties in the state's southeast are especially rich with them, and a day of back-road driving can take in several with time for photos and a picnic.

The appeal is as much the journey as the destinations. Chasing covered bridges pulls travelers onto the two-lane roads and through the small towns that a highway would bypass entirely.