We could see them fairly well here in east central Ohio as well. By the naked eye there really isn't much to look at, it looked like maybe there was a town north of us, slightly lighting up the sky. But theres no town there. But when you take a picture, it looks like its light outside and the sky is pink/purple.
I worked in Alaska for 6 years so I have seen them a lot. That was over 40 years ago. But I had no idea they were out here last night. Neighbor took some pretty good pictures of them.