The "Garden of Lights" light trail near Newark, Ohio celebrates the story of "Alice in Wonderland" with various light sculptures, tunnels, and other intractive light sculptures dotted around the grounds. I visited just before Christmas when I was in Ohio, and the trail will be in place until the beginning of March in 2025. It was a cold evening, and we were the only visitors present when we arrived, but a couple of other groups did show whilst we were there. The location is near Newark in Frazeysburg, which was home to the Longaberger basket company, which was a local success story when I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s but which declined rapidly after the death of the founder and one of the first crisis of expendable money that came to be in the 2000s.
The event is based on the story of "Alice in Wonderland", so the grounds are transformed into this magical land.
The sculptures were themed around the story and characters and started from the beginning as a book, leading to the other events in the story.
Look up to see the Cheshire cat.
Some of the lights were synched to sound, and others based on movement or footsteps.
There was also the longest light tunnel in the USA present.
I enjoyed this light trail and had a good time. It was a little bit costly to visit, but I see the price has now come down. The trail is in place until early March.
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