History

On June 22, 1969, a train passing over a trestle in Cleveland created a spark that caused a fire on the Cuyahoga River. That spark brought nationwide attention to the river 50 years ago, and it’s tainted Cleveland’s reputation for decades. Since then, fact and fiction have often mixed in the popular history of the fire. Cleveland Metroparks historical interpreter Doug Kusak and Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Adler provide some context to the myths surrounding the river’s story.

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, the Underground Railroad ferried enslaved African Americans in the South to freedom in the northern United...

The Berwick neighborhood has strong ties to the city’s Jewish and African-American communities and is known for its large ranch-style homes and big backyards. Before it was the neighborhood we know today, it was home to 9 irons and sand traps.

Three years in the making, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum opens Saturday on the banks of the Scioto River. It’s dizzying to look at: a circular…

While Curious Cbus was working on a story about how Gahanna became the Herb Capital of Ohio, another question about Gahanna won our most recent voting…

Walking through Creekside Park, tucked between downtown Gahanna and Big Walnut Creek, I just see a bunch of trees – at first.As Brooke Sackenheim leads me…

Cleveland Underwater Explorers may have discovered Lake Erie’s oldest shipwreck, the Lake Serpent .

In the early 1800s, Ohio Catholics did not have a priest or clergy to help them practice their faith.

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan. She was 76.

Norwalk, Ohio is home to a quaint uptown – and a large racetrack, which brings in drag racers from across the country.