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Spread Eagle
Hanoverton, a small town in east-central Ohio, eighteen miles away from West Virginia, is rich with history and legends. Originally intended to be another Williamsburg, Hanoverton never got the attention or PR it…
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Dismal Little River Town
While I found Alton, Illinois to be quite a charming and pretty place to visit, Mark Twain once dubbed it “a dismal little river town”. He likely had done some homework to come…
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Redrum
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to make a (winding) drive up to Estes Park to visit The Stanley Hotel. You may be familiar with this historic structure from watching “The Shining”,…
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Lady in Blue(grass)
My Old Kentucky home is an appropriate way to describe Louisville; I indeed felt right at home with the hospitality, strikingly beautiful topography, and well…..the ghosts. There are plenty of haunted sites to…
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Ancient City
St. Augustine recently celebrated its 450th anniversary, making it the oldest city in the United States. I was fortunate enough to visit this past weekend, visiting Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth and…
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Millersburg
The other day I ventured down to Amish Country to attend “Boo in the ‘Burg”. I physically passed horses and buggies on the road, on the way there. (If you’ve never been to…
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Curiousity killed the cat
This past week I was fortunate enough to have taken a tour of Portsmouth, New Hampshire with Roxie of New England Curiosities. She knows her stuff. I found her to be charming, knowledgeable,…
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Rogues Hollow
Rogues Hollow is an area in northeast Ohio in a small town called Doylestown. I had heard about this place my entire life, but the other day was my first visit there. The…
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Let Them Eat Cake
Floods, fires, and phantoms. A lot of these three things have gone on over the years in the sleepy Ohio river town of Marietta. This past week I took my second trip to…
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Eureka!
Did you ever have a Nintendo in the early 90s? Do you remember the “Duck Tales” game? I do. Whenever the ducks would make a brilliant discovery, or advance to the next level,…