Category Archives: Ohio

The visitor center for Harding’s home is a small cottage in the backyard. Harding had it assembled from a kit for the use of reporters who were covering his Presidential campaign in 1920. Harding had the home itself built in … Continue reading →

Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in August, 1923 while on a trip to the West Coast. His hometown of Marion, Ohio, immediately began collecting money for a memorial to him. It was finished in 1927, and Harding’s … Continue reading →

The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill outside Bellefontaine, may be more interesting than the highest point in Indiana, but just barely. At least, when you stand on the spot, you get the sense that you’re higher than something. The … Continue reading →

I’m always up for a good donut. And when I saw that this place offered breakfast sandwiches with honey-dipped donuts as bread … The sandwich was weird, but good. If I ever make it back, I might try the cheeseburger … Continue reading →

We stopped by to tour the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum on the campus of Ohio State University. Ireland was a local cartoonist who drew “The Passing Show” for The Columbus Dispatch from 1908 to 1935. That’s his drawing board in … Continue reading →