Ohio Tiki add-on gallows humor

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Travelers on foot get a unique perspective of Ohio as the Buckeye Trail passes through state and local forests and parks as well as small towns and urban areas

former POWs and residents

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by Peter Hildebrandt

Ohio Tiki add-on gallows humorHula girls, palm trees and Tiki gods beckoned Ohioans of the 1950s and '60s as tropical hot spots sprang up in suburban neighborhoods and concrete jungles alike. The Kon Tiki restaurants of Cleveland and Cincinnati slung rum cocktails to patrons eager for escape to a South Seas paradise. Visitors to the famed Kahiki Supper Club of Columbus, the Tropics in Dayton and Toledo's Aku Aku could spot celebrities swaying to the exotic sounds of steel guitars