Located at the corner of Broad Street and Cleveland Avenue in Downtown Columbus you’ll find the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park. It outlines the past achievements of the social justice movement. Detailed information about the park and its message can be found on the official website here: https://www.socialjusticepark.org/
Suspension: Balancing Art, Nature, and Culture
Three Columbus parks and the Main Metropolitan Library have nearly 3 dozen balanced, suspended art pieces for your viewing pleasure until March 1, 2020. These art pieces and installation were the work of Polish artist Jerzy Joptka Kedziora. Along with the Main Library, Schiller, Thurber and Livingston Parks hold the totality of the suspended art….
Chateau LaRoche – Loveland Castle
Harry Andrews, born April 5, 1890 served as a combat medic in WW1. In 1918, he contracted spinal meningitis so severe that the hospital declared him dead. Thankfully he was not, and recovered from his bout of the deadly disease. The doctors were able to use his blood as a serum to fight the meningitis…
Landoll’s Mohican Castle
After selling the successful Landoll Publishing Company in 1997, Jim Landoll started plans on building the Landoll’s Mohican Castle. With no floor plans, they started building the structure one room at a time. The highest section of the castle sits 1200 feet on 30 acres of land. In 2002, the castle was opened to the…
Temple of Tolerance
Sitting on a 1 acre plot of land at 203 S. Wood Street in Wapakoneta, you’ll find on of the most interesting places in Ohio – The Temple of Tolerance. This is the work of Jim Bowsher who meant to find a way to help people have a haven. A place where they could reflect….
Pleasant Hill Dam
Pleasant Hill Dam was built in 1936 on the Clear Fork section of the Mohican River. It is located on the 783-acre lake Near Perrysville, OH. This man-made lake has a 113 foot tall earth filled dam and was constructed by the Army Corp of Engineers to protect the area from flooding. This area is…
Blink Cincinnati 2019
History and Background Spanning 30 city blocks and running over 4 days is one of the largest light, projection mapping and art events in the country – BLINK CIncinnati!! This free event traverses downtown Cincinnati from the Findlay Market, across the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge and ends in Northern Kentucky. Our Impression We started…
Wizard World 2019
Cosplay. If you love to see the creativity of people expressed in how they custom build outfits of their favorite characters, then Wizard World is for you! 2019 was another stellar year for the cosplayers in Columbus. Below is just a tasing of the great creations we saw this year!
Annie Oakley At Brock Cemetery
Born August 13, 1860, Phoebe Ann Mosey is world famously known as a sharpshooter and exhibition shooter known as Annie Oakley. Born 2 miles from Woodland, OH in Darke county, she was one of 7 children. Her father passed away when she was very young from pneumonia in 1866. She learned to shoot in order…
Famous Markers at Woodland Cemetery
Traveling in the Dayton area, the navigator extraordinaire – Dani, found a very interesting place to visit. The Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum houses an impressive number of species of tree as well as a being the final resting place of a few famous Ohioans. The Wright Brothers and Erma Bombeck. Beyond the famously interred, the…
