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Author David McCullough on ‘The Wright Brothers’
The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his book about Orville and Wilbur Wright and how the Ohio brothers brought the airplane to the world.
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Celebrate Logan's Bicentennial
The southeast Ohio town marks the milestone with a full slate of activities.
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Why We Love Cedar Point
H. John Hildebrandt worked at Cedar Point for 40 years. As the amusement park marked its 150 anniversary, he looked back at his and our connection to Ohio’s summer playground.
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Ohio State Football: The ’68 Season
Eight of the men who played for and coached alongside Woody Hayes during the Ohio State Buckeyes’ 1968 season share the story of team’s road to a national championship in their own words.
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History Named One of World’s Most Beautiful Museums
Prix Versailles grants this prestigious worldwide architecture and design award, which comes just after museum’s massive transformation that was unveiled at the end of 2025.
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How One Advertisement by the Jordan Motor Car Co. Changed an Industry
Cleveland’s Ned Jordan ran an advertisement in 1923 that forever altered automobile marketing. It didn’t focus on price, engine size or features. It sold a feeling.
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Guns, Grit and Grace: Annie Oakley’s Legendary Life
Broadway and television have offered simplified takes on the famous sharpshooter’s life, but the story of the real woman — born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1860 — is an inspiring tale of ingenuity and independence.
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Mound Cemetery, Marietta
This historic cemetery offers visitors a unique look back through time and insight into the early days of the Northwest Territory’s first permanent settlement.
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The Woodward Opera House, Mount Vernon
Downtown’s historic opera house shines again following a $22.5 million renovation effort spanning more than two decades.
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Storied Lodgings
Across the state there are inns and hotels with colorful histories, including these.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, Dayton
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Dayton home tells the story of the poet, who achieved acclaim around the world.
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Keeper of the Flame
Dayton educator Herbert Woodward Martin honors the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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These Two Famous Ohioans Were High School Classmates in 1890
Dayton's Central High School had 27 students in its 1890 class portrait. Two went on to change the world.
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John A. Roebling and Cincinnati’s Famous Bridge
In 1856, the inventor began work on an Ohio River crossing that he saw as both a work of art and a monument to engineering.
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The Wagnalls Memorial Library, Lithopolis
In 1923, concert pianist Mabel Wagnalls funded the construction of this library in honor of her parents.
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Kingwood Center Gardens, Mansfield
A beautiful 47-acre property beckons visitors with its lush grounds and historic mansion.
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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens on Postage Stamp
The U.S Postal Service commemorates the Akron landmark’s iconic Birch Tree Allée.
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Kitchen Wizards
The staff at the KitchenAid Experience gives down-to-earth, entertaining cooking advice.
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3 Historic Ohio Mills You Can Visit
These 19th-century mills across our state now live on as attractions with purposes that go far beyond the properties’ original ones.
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America's Last Great Train Heist
In November 1935, Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and his crew robbed a mail car in Garrettsville, Ohio, scoring a bunch of cash and making a daring escape by both car and airplane.
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