See. Fir Street Cemetery Historic burial ground in Cleveland, originally three separate graveyards. Gregg-Crites Octagon House Unique eight-sided home in Circleville, built 1855-56, now on the National Register of Historic Places. Portsmouth Floodwall Murals Outdoor gallery along the Ohio River, depicting 2,000+ years of local history. South Main Plaza Dog Fountain Whimsical fountain in Mount Vernon with painted cast-aluminum dogs, a cat, pony, and birds.
Eat. Wildweed Buzzy Cincinnati restaurant known for pasta, foraged ingredients, and brain-tingling flavor combinations. Nolia Creole-inspired restaurant in Cincinnati, part of the city's emerging culinary hub. Café Mochiko Cincinnati's yōshoku ramen hotspot and bakery.
Stay. Oberlin Charming college town with abolitionist history, vintage shops, and leafy trails, near Cleveland.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, farmland west of Cleveland was purchased by real estate speculators and subdivided for development. The Fir Street Cemetery, as it is currently known, occupies just eight residential lots in what first became Brooklyn Township and is now incorporated within Cleveland. In spite of its small size, the burial ground is historically three separate graveyards. The olde…
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Located on the southern end of town, the Gregg-Crites Octagon House is one of Pickaway County's most unique architectural landmarks. This eight-sided home in Circleville, Ohio is believed to have been built between 1855-56 by a man named George Gregg. While the exact history is vague, the house may have been constructed to resemble the octagonal courthouse at the center of town when Circleville…
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The Portsmouth Floodwall Murals were painted to transform a functional floodwall into an outdoor gallery to celebrate the city's rich history. Even though the city of Portsmouth, Ohio sits on higher ground adjacent to the Ohio River, it was still prone to flooding. Unfortunately, the city endured flooding events in 1884, 1913, and 1937. After the massive flood in 1937 shattered the town, city o…
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At the heart of South Main Plaza in Mt. Vernon sits an unexpected menagerie: a fountain crowded with painted cast-aluminum dogs, watched over by a cat, a pony, two pairs of birds, and, inexplicably, an apple. At the very center sits a golden bone, and the cat, smart enough to know better, keeps itself perched safely out of the spray. It all started when Gambier resident Phil Samuell saw photos…
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There is a version of Halloween tourism that involves a man in a rubber mask jumping out from behind a plywood wall. It has its pleasures. It is not this. The places below are real. The things that happened in them are documented — in court records, in coroners' reports, in parish registers, in the diaries of people who were there. Some have ghost stories attached. The ghost stories are almost…
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From its abolitionist history to its hip vintage shops and leafy trails, Oberlin is a jewel of a town within easy reach of Cleveland—and served as inspiration for one of America’s most celebrated ...
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Trade crowded highways for winding waterways that showcase everything from towering canyons and vineyard-lined shores to charming river towns and vibrant cultural landmarks.
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With a world-class trail system, dense forests, and pristine lakes—and zero crowds—Athens County is like nowhere else in the Midwest
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American Rust Belt landscapes are ripe for rediscovery. In postindustrial Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, these foragers are taking a radical approach to stewardship of their environment: they’re eating it.
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Cincy is quietly becoming a nationally recognized culinary hub—and these are the best places to experience it.
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Have you ever wondered what happens to the props and costumes used to make your favorite movies? Well, sometimes they end up with collectors. And when a collector is as talented as Mark Klaus, you end up with an amazing, 40,000 square foot experience full of Christmas magic and surprises around every corner. Combining years of artistic experience and an amazing knack for the theatric, the fitti…
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Places that embody Midwest nice, Southern hospitality, and more.
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Construction began in 1913 on a transcontinental road dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln. Starting in Times Square and stretching all the way to San Francisco, much of its 3,000 miles eventually became part of U.S. Route 30. This short brick section is believed by the Lincoln Highway Association to be the oldest remaining unexposed stretch of the original road. It sits tucked within a quiet…
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This little shop is intriguing, ever-changing, and the ultimate emporium of weird and wonderful oddities and merchandise. Some of its permanent residents include a taxidermied two-headed calf, an old spider girl sideshow booth, and Eyeris the cycloptic ewe. This is the place to find every weird thing you never knew your heart desired—from wet specimens and taxidermy mounts to antique medical su…
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For author Rumaan Alam, a weekend in Columbus proves that an under-the-radar midsize metropolis can offer its own set of memorable experiences.
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“We are hot slaw,” says Ross Weaver, owner of The Chef, a burger joint in Cleveland, Tennessee. “People from 10 miles away don’t know what it is—even the next communities over, in Athens or Chattanooga, let alone 49 other states in this country.” And yet, according to Weaver, who grew up here, everyone in town has a closely guarded, and possibly hotly contested, recipe based on the original, cr…
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Though Cincinnati is best known for breweries, another effervescent beverage has a long history in the Queen City: the nectar soda. Home to the oldest pharmacy college in the U.S. west of the Alleghenies, the Eclectic Medical Institute (1845-1952), and Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists , Cincinnati was long on the forefront of the pharmaceutical industry. The city had a number of apothecaries with sod…
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