In her new book, A Guide to Midwestern Conversation, comedy writer and Midwesterner Taylor Kay Phillips breaks down common and quirky Midwestern expressions, from “Hey stranger!” to “Jeez Louise.”

The history of hip-hop music and creating the unique beats are part of a new course at the Ohio State School of Music. The program is one of the first in the country.

Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are the 25th site in the United States — and the first in Ohio — added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

A UNESCO committee will decide whether to recognize eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks with the highest designation in the world for cultural and natural heritage.

With a Guinness World Record-winning collection of troll dolls, the Troll Hole Museum has become a destination in the northeast town of Alliance.

As the VIVO Music Festival’s ninth season unfolds through this Saturday, Sept. 9, friendship and the joy of sharing music with the Columbus community remain the most important things for the festival’s musicians.

Works by seven contemporary feminist artists are on display at Ohio State University's Thompson Library Gallery in an exhibition that tells the story of art and feminism at OSU in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

A $4 thrift store purchase that turned out to be a rare painting by American artist N.C. Wyeth sold Tuesday for nearly $200K.

The headless bronze statue is valued at $20 million and is alleged to have been looted from Turkey in the 1960s before being sold to the museum.

Rural welder David Griesmeyer created the Ohio Arts Corridor, a quirky public art trail, to bring people into Appalachia in hopes they’ll stay awhile.