After following Boston’s Freedom Trail of early American history and strolling through Boston Common, then taking in the sights and smells of Boston’s Chinatown and Little Italy districts, seeing some of its smaller neighbourhoods sounded just right. I picked Bay Village and Back Bay. From Boston Common we walked down Park Plaza, crossed Stuart Street, and…
My friend Ed told me a story about this gigantic molasses storage tank that burst in the North End area of Boston back in 1919. Almost 2.5 million gallons of sticky molasses gushed out in waves, smothering everything it came into contact with. The thought of being consumed alive by smoldering hot waves of molasses lava is quite terrifying.
Charleston, South Carolina is a gorgeous city on the Atlantic Coast known for its Live Oak trees, Low Country cuisine, antebellum architecture, sprawling town squares, and other facets of Southern charm. Some of Charleston’s other claims to fame include being home of the country’s first museum, playhouse, golf club, and public college. The College of…
Since the 1800s, Dayton, Ohio has been to innovation, mechanics, and engineering, what New York City is to music, art, and film. There were more patents per capita in Dayton by the start of the 1900s than anywhere else in the country, earning it the name “Invention Capital of the U.S.” Wright, Patterson, Kettering, Deeds,…
Ohio’s third largest city, Cincinnati, is enormous. I still have not entirely wrapped my mind around the full layout, and there are several downtown neighbourhoods I have not even began to explore. Most of my time in Cincinnati has been spent chasing murals and wandering the Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood. Click the links above to read my…
Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district was once known as the most dangerous neighbourhood in the United States, far worse than the legendary City of Compton. Far, far worse. Much of this reputation was earned after the 2001 riots which were the climax of decades of growing civil unrest, but there is more to it. Like most of…
Cincinnati, Ohio is known for so, so much. Fiona the Hippo has been capturing the hearts of followers around the world with her life and daily antics at the Cincinnati Zoo for the past few years. The John A Roebling Suspension Bridge connecting Cincinnati to Covington inspired the Brooklyn Bridge design, and the Empire State…
Dayton, Ohio’s Historic South Park neighbourhood is one of the city’s several historic districts. It was first platted out by the Perrine family in 1870 and later developed by John H. Patterson, the owner of the National Cash Register (NCR) company. Patterson and his wife opened up the NCR in what was called Slidertown back…
St. Anne’s Hill is the second oldest of Dayton’s historic districts. It is located immediately east of the Historic Oregon District, with the Historic Huffman District at its eastern border. St. Anne’s Historic District was designated as such in 1974, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. In the 1800s,…
Dayton, Ohio’s Huffman Historic Area is a historic Inner East neighbourhood, located just a mile or so east of downtown. Its borders are roughly 3rd Street to the north and 5th Street to the south, running west to east between Terry Street to Linden Avenue. Be sure to walk, bike, or drive down June, Ringgold,…
Miamisburg, Ohio is considered a suburb of Dayton. The first white settlers here were the Hole family and others from Virginia by way of Pennsylvania in the late 1790s. It became an official town in the 1920s and covers a little more than twelve square miles. Miamisburg is also called Star City, allegedly after a…
Germantown, Ohio is about 15 miles southwest of Dayton, in area called Twin Creek Valley of the German Township. After defending my beloved southwestern Ohio against endless jokes and well wishes to “have fun in the corn field” I actually found myself in a literal corn field. Imagine that. See, this part of Ohio is…
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