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Greenville Waterfall in Covington Ohio

The Greenville waterfall in Newberry Township, Covington Ohio is about 20 feet wide, and this particular cascade is one of the widest I’ve seen in western Ohio. It is located inside the Greenville Falls State Scenic River Area. The waterfall can be viewed from an elevated platform along one of…

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Fossil Coral Reef at Oakes Quarry Park in Fairborn, Ohio

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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Uniquely Weird Temple of Tolerance in Ohio

Ruggedly beautiful – that’s how I call the Temple of Tolerance in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The owner, Jim Bowsher, started building this on his backyard in 1981. Its purpose is to help troubled kids find peace and keep them from ending behind bars. What is this exactly? It’s a collection of…

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