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Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio just opened a new community garden called the CSU Seed to Bloom Botanical and Community Garden on Friday, November 6, 2020. The garden is part of the Agricultural Production Area of the university, providing a place for visitors to enjoy the outdoors and green…
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If you happen to be inside the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton Ohio, then you may have seen the popular headstone of a boy and his dog. It is, actually, the grave of the Johnny Morehouse, who died at the age of 5. Check out other Ohio historical sites here. Johnny…
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The highest point or peak in Dayton Ohio is located at the Lookout Tower inside the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum. The lookout tower is a replica of the old one that was featured in The Dayton Daily News in 1899. Address 118 Woodland Ave, Dayton, OH 45409Use this link for…
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Who doesn’t want a little oddity in the middle of a park? The Hollow Earth Theory Monument stands in the middle of the Symmes Park Playground in Hamilton, Ohio. Its history is interesting, to say the least. The monument is the gravesite of Capt. John Cleves Symmes, an 1812 war…
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I was not expecting too much of this place, based from what I read online. And from photos I saw, the Trammel Fossil Park in Sharonville, Ohio looks like one of those mineral quarries that is almost devoid of fossils. The fact that it is a public park and the…
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Surrounded by thick forests and situated atop a hill, the Loveland Castle Museum in Loveland, Ohio rises above the picturesque Little Miami River with a mysterious feel. Since its construction in the 1920s by Boy Scout troop leader, World War I veteran, and medievalist Harry D. Andrews, the Loveland Castle…
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I stood atop the Lockville canal lock #11 in Carroll, Ohio and imagined how the structure worked when it was still operational in mid 1800s. I estimated the canal width to be 15 ft. The Lockville canal lock #11 is just one of the three locks that are open to…
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The fossil coral reefs exposed at the Oakes Quarry Park in Fairborn, Ohio are among the oldest Silurian fossil reefs in the United States. These reefs formed during the important transitional time in the history of reefs, when corals were becoming more important as reef frame builders. The coral-stromatoporoid reef…
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