Sharpen wits at the Pencil Sharpener Museum | Travel
When Paul Johnson retired in 1988, his wife, Charlotte, gave him two pencil sharpeners shaped like little metal cars. "She didn't know what she was starting," Karen Raymore said with a laugh. For more than 20 years, the retired minister collected about 3, 450 pencil sharpeners .
"And no two are alike," added Raymore, executive director of the Hocking Hills Tourism Association . Visitors were welcome to tour Johnson's collection, which he displayed in a one-room building in his yard. "When Paul died in 2010, his wife let us move the building and collection to our welcome center," Raymore said. "We get people from all over the world who visit. Probably the farthest away was visitors from Australia." Some guests even donate a pencil sharpener . "As long as we don't already have one like it, we welcome the donations," Raymore said. The Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum is a gem I discovered while driving th...