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Amusement park preservationist Troy Parsh in roller coaster car from Geauga Lake at Grafton home (photo by Ken Blaze)

See Relics of Bygone Theme Parks at the Amusement Preservation Museum

Troy Parsh is the keeper of countless amusement-park memories. He pieces together the past at his Lorain County home and once a year invites the public to see his collection.

Optical glass structure by Christopher Ries from Meander Auctions in Whipple (photo courtesy of Meander Auctions)

Ohio Finds: Optical Glass Sculpture

Christopher Ries made this nearly 20-inch work of art.

Ohio Butterfly Guide

Naturalist Jim McCormac shares a dozen common species to keep an eye out for and where to find them this spring and summer.

Bigfoot investigator Dusty Ruth of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (photo courtesy of Dusty Ruth)

Bigfoot Investigator Dusty Ruth on Hunting Cryptids

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization member leads groups on several Ohio expeditions throughout the year in search of the elusive creature.

Birds found by Lights Out Cleveland volunteers laid out with identification tags (photo by Matt Shiffler)

How Lights Out Cleveland Is Helping Save Birds

Glowing city skylines are an alluring sight, especially if you're a migrating bird. But an epidemic of collisions with buildings has led groups across Ohio, including Lights Out Cleveland, to form rescue squads and help raise public awareness about the problem.

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Musician Josh Compton photographed at Schoenbrunn Village in New Philadelphia (photo by Ken Blaze)

Josh Compton’s ‘The Big Trail’ Tells the Story of Tuscarawas County

The musician wrote and recorded a collection of folk songs that trace the history of his home. It stretches from surveyor Christopher Gist’s arrival in 1750 to the Great Flood of 1913. READ MORE >>

Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Beaver Marsh in Cuyahoga Falls (photo from iStock / PapaBear)

Ohio’s National Park: How the Cuyahoga Valley Was Saved

In 1974, the federal government protected a serene stretch of nature now known as Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It was part of a movement to bring parks to people and set in motion work that continues today. READ MORE >>

Warren G. Harding dedicating the Lincoln Memorial (photo courtesy of Ohio History Connection)

Warren G. Harding Dedicates the Lincoln Memorial

On May 30, 1922, the Ohio native and President of the United States formally accepted the then-new Washington memorial to Abraham Lincoln on behalf of the American people. READ MORE >>

Exterior of RiverRock House in Willoughby (photo by Erik Drost)

How a Mother and Daughter Built Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Home in Ohio

The legendary American architect’s final home design was sitting on his drafting table at the time of his death. More than six decades later, Debbie and Sarah Dykstra put it on the Lake County property where it was always intended to go. READ MORE >>

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