Curious Cbus

This election, many Ohioans will be voting on school levies. Education funding is a complicated and controversial topic, but one way to make sense of it is by using a quirky metaphor: it’s like baking a cake.

On September 24, 1979, Columbus-based CompuServe launched its online service for consumers. Its subscribers were among the first to have access to email, online chat, digital newspapers and the ability to share and download files.

Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks officially opened the Quarry Trails Metro Park in 2021. The ambitious project transformed the abandoned Marble Cliff Quarry and one of the park’s main attractions is its waterfall, Millikin Falls.

The moon will not fully block the sun in Columbus, but areas just north or west will have totality, making those places prime spots for eclipse visitors.

Eastgate is a Columbus community that prides itself on its diversity. For decades it was a community where middle-class Black families thrived.

Following President Lincoln's assassination, his body traveled on a funeral train, dubbed “The Lincoln Special.” One of the 13 stops on the tour was in Columbus.

One building on Naghten Street in downtown Columbus has black windows, multiple security cameras and no clear sign of what goes on inside.

Dr. Timothy Moore, a Columbus dentist, may have one of the biggest magic collections in the country. It includes posters and props that belonged to some of the most famous magicians in history.

Contrary to what some may think, the road was not named after Samuel Morse, the American inventor who contributed to the creation of the single-wire telegraph and subsequently, the Morse Code system.

Sundown towns were a form of discrimination and segregation prominent in the U.S. during the period after Reconstruction through the first half of the 20th century. The name comes from a warning—with either an explicit or implicit threat of violence—that people of color were not welcome in the area after sundown.