History

On Columbus’s North East side, there is one residential area that doesn't look or feel like any of the surrounding neighborhoods. It's called Minerva Park, and it's actually an enclave completely surrounded by municipal Columbus.

Caitlin McGurk lives in Clintonville. Every day on her way into work, she passes a sign on High Street in the Old North: "Red Men Sioux Tribe No. 128.""I…

Sixteen years ago, broadcast producer Dave Isay started a nonprofit to record, save and share the stories of Americans.StoryCorps since then has become a…

When the president told several new congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history.

June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when more than 150,000 Allied troops spilled onto five beach along the French coast in what is seen as the…

Among the many restaurants that have come and gone over the years, The Kahiki Supper Club stands out not only as a restaurant but as a lost cultural and architectural landmark.

A judge in Licking County granted the Ohio History Connection’s petition for full access to a portion of land near Newark.The group had filed an eminent…

The fire at Notre Dame this month shook the Western world, with billionaires pledging millions of dollars towards its restoration. The 13th century…

Central Ohio is filled with parks where it’s common to see joggers and bicyclists making use of trails. Decades ago, it would have been just as likely to…

Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.These trailblazers of the fight for women’s suffrage are well-loved across the nation. But what…