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The Wright Brothers grave site is located on a hill at the historic Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. Wilbur died in 1912 and Orville in 1948. A large monument with three flags mark the location of the burial site. Together with the brothers, their parents, Susan and Milton, and sister…
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The South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, South Dakota has been a place for people from many different parts of the world to enjoy the artistic legacy of South Dakota in all its diversity. Also, permanent galleries, changing exhibitions, publications, lectures, workshops and guided tours provide the public, artists, university…
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I had been to other aviation museums and locations around southern Ohio — from Dayton’s National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Wright Brothers National Museum, Wright Cycle Company, Wright Brothers Memorial, to Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, even attended the Vectren Dayton Air Show…
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If you want to learn more about Loveland, Ohio, the Loveland Historical Society aka the Loveland Museum Center is the place to be. Discover the lives of Ohio’s pioneers, explore Victorian-era comfort, and learn about the changes that time, innovation, and the industrial revolution brought to this early suburb and…
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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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