A Ghost of Charles Dickens’ Past
The Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio is Ohio’s oldest inn. Its charm is historic and its former clientele still present. Charles Dickens once stopped here; as did many other prominent […]
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Ohio’s Chinese Lantern Festival
It just got cold outside. Really cold outside. The weathermen on TV used this as a news story; overeager to alert us about some serious winter weather coming. But it […]
A Tree Grows in Greensburg
There is a tree growing out of the Decatur County, Indiana courthouse. It’s Greensburg’s #1 attraction on TripAdvisor. Allegedly, birds are responsible. Remarkably, it is actually the second tree to […]
Viking Ships in Oslo & Cincinnati
It was my great pleasure to visit the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. I’d arranged to meet with Margrethe, a graduate student who works at the museum and gave my […]
Serpent Mound
I think every kid in southwestern Ohio took a field trip to Serpent Mound sometime during their school years. Serpent Mound is the largest, best-preserved ancient animal effigy in the […]
Escape the Room Challenge
Judging by the recent cities I’ve visited, Escape Room challenges are a worldwide trend right now. We’ve had a new one pop up in my area of town (West Chester, […]
Mary’s Baskets — Amish Country
I wish, I wish, I wish I could have taken a picture of Mary and her children. We pulled up to her house on a narrow back road in Holmes […]
The Secrets That the Backroads Tell – Amish Country
To our English eyes — that is to say, anyone who isn’t Amish — all buggies basically look alike. But as we traveled the back roads with LaVonne DeBois on […]
Buggies, Buggies Everywhere
I got a little obsessed with taking pictures of Amish buggies. Can you blame me? Every time we passed one, I got out my camera. Don’t pretend you wouldn’t have, […]
Say Cheese!
Because it’s all about cheese. The art of cheese. The art of cheesemaking. Once upon a time, the Swiss made cheese in their homes. They carried the cheese down the […]
