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…
Newport was the largest city in Kentucky by the early 1900s, though it is often grouped together with Covington and Cincinnati as far as attractions and resources, since all three cities stretch along the Ohio and the Licking Rivers. Newport is in both the Upland South and Bluegrass geographic regions of the US, though widely…
Yellow Springs, Ohio is a part of the Dayton MSA and was known until the 1820s as Ludlow. It is named after the nearby spring in the Glen Helen Nature Preserve. The spring flows around 110 gallons per minute, and has such a high iron content that it continuously leaves yellow-hued deposits on its…
Each fall since 1959, Tipp City, Ohio has hosted the Tipp City Mum Festival downtown. The idea came from a local who had been inspired by Holland’s Tulip Festival, and thought Tipp City should create its own festival to celebrate its world-renowned mums. Tipp City had already earned its title of “Mum Capital of the…
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