Monday, July 15, 2019

Above Ground Burials and Oven Crypts: A Toasty New Orleans Tradition

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When an Ohioan such as myself sets foot in Louisiana, there is little to be done to prepare yourself for the tropical, humid heat that inun...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans

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The reputed final resting place of Marie Laveau, the “Voodoo Queen of New Orleans”.  She was born a free woman of color around the ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

A Vintage Piece of Our Past

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Today, while perusing the local thrift store, I spotted a book with a white and gold textured cover. Upon picking it up and inspecting it, ...
Friday, October 13, 2017

The Love-Crazed Maiden of Charlie's Puddle

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The Rittman Historical Society presented an incredibly well-researched, informative, and spine-tingling group of Halloween tales at their m...

San Felipe de Neri Church

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Built in 1793 and on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, this church is one of the oldest buildings in the entire city of Albu...
Monday, September 19, 2016

The Endless Winter: The Short Life of Fort Laurens, Ohio's Only Revolutionary War Fort

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In the 1770s, Ohio was not yet the agricultural, political hub in our nation's heartland as we have come to know it. Ohio was not e...
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Death of Quentin Roosevelt

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GRAVE OF LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT This lonely grave on a broad plain hard by the little village of Chamery, near the city of Reims, i...
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