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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What with this Chief Leatherlips Monument that appears on Google when I search for places to see in Dublin, Ohio? The 12-foot high monument is a tribute to Chief Shateyaronyah (known by American frontiersmen as Chief Leatherlips), a leader of the Native American Wyandot tribe. According to history, Chief Leatherlips was…
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Have you been to the Columbus Park of Roses in Ohio? This garden is one of the largest rose gardens in the U.S with more than 12,000 rose specimens! It has more than one mile of paved walkway with benches for visitors to rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery. See…
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The Caesar Creek Gorge Trail is part of the huge Caesar Creek State Park. Check out other posts on Caesar’s Creek State Park. The gorge was formed by great volumes of glacial meltwater cutting down through the bedrock to expose Ordovician limestone and shale rich in fossils. The steep walls…
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Located at the southwest portion of the Caesar’s Creek State Park in Waynesville, Ohio, the Pioneer Village is an open air museum with a collection of over 15 historical log cabins and houses that date back as afar as the 18th century. Each house and cabin has a historical story…
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The Pearl’s Fen Park and Nature Reserve is located in Fairborn, Ohio and was opened to the public in August 2020. I believe this is one of the very few, if not the only, fen near Dayton, Ohio. A fen is one of the rarest wetlands classes and contains a…
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When I visited the Wegerzyn Gardens Metropark in Dayton Ohio on a Saturday afternoon, the garden park was crowded due to so many pictorial events happening — from weddings to some high-school gatherings. In fact, I was not able to enjoy or take pictures in some areas of the garden…
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The Aullwood Garden MetroPark along Wiles Creek in Dayton Ohio is one of the best public garden parks in the area. I visited during the Spring season when the flowers on the forest floor were starting to bloom and were beautiful. There were daffodils and Virginia bluebells! I was told…
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The Richmond Fossil Park in Richmond, Indiana is a clear proof of the rich geological history of the city that could be traced back to 440 million years ago. The “Richmondian Age” is era where rock formations accumulated on the bottom of an ancient sea. Traces of this “Richmondian Age”…
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