I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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In the early 1800s, William anf Eleanor Kendall owned this land, known for its natural springs, beauty, and farmland. In 1850, Elias Drake, lawyer and former speaker in the Ohio General Assembly, purchased the property and named it Tawawa Springs or Xenia Springs. He developed a health resort hotel surrounded…
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I have been traveling around the U.S. looking for places to see and explore. When friends told me that Ohio has a number of caverns, I got excited. All because I love cavern exploration. I already visited the most famous one in the State, the Ohio Caverns. This time, I…
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Yes, the Kawali Filipino Cuisine is the only Pinoy restaurant and store in Dayton, Ohio area. If you are a Filipino living in Fairborn or Xenia or Beaver Creek or other cities nearby, and would want to find authentic Filipino food, this is the place you could go. They also…
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Located in the western Ohio in West Liberty, these Gothic-designed castles Mac-O-Chee (circa 1879) & Mac-A-Cheek (circa 1871) were built by the brothers Donn and Abram Piatt. They are about 1 mile apart. Both Piatt castles have walls manually painted with intricate patterns, ceilings look like those from Gothic churches….
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I never thought that I would spend time traveling and visiting covered bridges in Western Ohio until I passed through one. I was on my way home from work when I decided on a whim that I should take a much longer, less-traveled route. Instead of driving through the US-Highway,…
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The mile long Inman trail inside Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio loops around beautiful natural sights and scenes. Located in the northern section of the privately-owned 1000-acre nature preserve, Inman trail offers hikers a beautiful walk through the woods, with stops at a cascading waterfall, a stone…
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I visited the Glen Helen Raptor Center by mistake. I was looking for sanctuary for a parking lot so I could hike at the Glen Helen Nature Reserve when my GPS led me to this sanctuary for injured birds. Since I was already there, I thought that I should take…
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The Ohio Caverns is the most colorful caverns in the State of Ohio. So, if you are traveling near West Liberty and fond of caverns, stop by and see this fascinating geological wonder with formations that are 200,000 years old. Yes, 90% of the caverns stalactite and stalagmite formations are…
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