Marathon Rejoice, we conquer! — Pheidippides, Robert Browning One of the most ubiquitous automobile decals is a simple outlined oval with the number 26.2 emblazoned within it. It means, depending on one’s viewpoint, that the driver is crazy, impressive, smug, masochistic, or some mixture of all four. The sticker signals the car’s owner ran 26.2 miles, otherwise known […]
Artemis II On 21 December 1968, Apollo 8 left the planet on top of a Saturn V rocket. During the mission, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth’s gravitational sphere of influence on their way to the Moon. They were the first people to see our satellite in
Campbell Hill – Ohio’s High Point Despite Ohio’s flat reputation, the state sits on the boundary between Appalachia’s ruggedness and the glaciated farmland of the Midwest. The southeastern region of the state is covered with steep hills, stunning gorges, and dense forest. Ironically, Ohio’s zenith does not reside in Appalachia but in the scoured western zone. Its
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Crooked River Valley Chocolate-brown, oily, bubbling with subsurface gases, it oozes rather than flows. “Anyone who falls into the Cuyahoga does not drown,” Cleveland’s citizens joke grimly. “He decays.” —Time Magazine The great question of the ’70s is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to
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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks Machu Picchu. The Great Wall of China. The Taj Mahal. The Pyramids of Giza. The Colosseum. Petra. Stonehenge. These emblematic wonders are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as World Heritage Sites; they are landmarks and areas so culturally significant that they warrant international legal protection. Nearly any universally
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Hocking Hills They’re beautiful, those cliffs. In fact, I think it’s more interesting than anything I saw on the Appalachian Trail. –Grandma Gatewood The National Parks of the United States display some of the globe’s finest features, but the nation’s natural breadth spreads far beyond the federal system. A handful of state parks contain enough grandeur
Lake of the Long Tail Ohio is one of just five states that intersect with one of North America’s major rivers and a Great Lake (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana are the others). Its eponymous river forms the southern border, while a large part of its northern edge abuts Lake Erie. The lake is named for the Erie people,
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The Great River “The Ohio is the most beautiful river on earth. Its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks and rapids, a single instance only excepted.” –Thomas Jefferson We learned the Buckeye State‘s official name came from the gargantuan waterway that forms its southern border: the Ohio River. Ohi:yo’ is a Seneca word that means
The Good River In 1803, the United States added a 17th member to its fledgling union. This region has many nicknames, including the Buckeye State and the Mother of Presidents, but its official name – Ohio – comes from the mighty river that forms much of its eastern and all of its southern borders. Erie, one of
