Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Where in Columbus can you find a grave of specimens from an insane asylum? Stroll down Memory Lane? See the world’s largest gavel? Sniff the rarest smelly flower in the world? Soak up relics from the old National Roads? Soak up relics from the old National Road? The progressive pulse of Columbus secretly rests on fascinating, shocking, and bizarre events. Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is a journey of awe-inspiring moments combined with exciting knowledge about Ohio’s capital city. This book discovers what trash-eating pigs have to do with the landfill and how Columbus police are related to the Short North arts district. Researched and written by Columbus native and career investigative television journalist Anietra Hamper, this book reveals exciting discoveries that take you to places you would never find on your own. From settler-era squirrel hunts to the famous smoking Mai Tais of the defunct Kahiki Supper Club, the secrets of Columbus are waiting for you. With Secret Columbus as your guide, uncover new truths about the places you thought you knew and experience an element of adventure along the way.
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Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Where in Columbus can you find a grave of specimens from an insane asylum? Stroll down Memory Lane? See the world’s largest gavel? Sniff the rarest smelly flower in the world? Soak up relics from the old National Roads? Soak up relics from the old National Road? The progressive pulse of Columbus secretly rests on fascinating, shocking, and bizarre events. Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is a journey of awe-inspiring moments combined with exciting knowledge about Ohio’s capital city. This book discovers what trash-eating pigs have to do with the landfill and how Columbus police are related to the Short North arts district. Researched and written by Columbus native and career investigative television journalist Anietra Hamper, this book reveals exciting discoveries that take you to places you would never find on your own. From settler-era squirrel hunts to the famous smoking Mai Tais of the defunct Kahiki Supper Club, the secrets of Columbus are waiting for you. With Secret Columbus as your guide, uncover new truths about the places you thought you knew and experience an element of adventure along the way.
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Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

by Anietra Hamper
Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

by Anietra Hamper

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Overview

Where in Columbus can you find a grave of specimens from an insane asylum? Stroll down Memory Lane? See the world’s largest gavel? Sniff the rarest smelly flower in the world? Soak up relics from the old National Roads? Soak up relics from the old National Road? The progressive pulse of Columbus secretly rests on fascinating, shocking, and bizarre events. Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is a journey of awe-inspiring moments combined with exciting knowledge about Ohio’s capital city. This book discovers what trash-eating pigs have to do with the landfill and how Columbus police are related to the Short North arts district. Researched and written by Columbus native and career investigative television journalist Anietra Hamper, this book reveals exciting discoveries that take you to places you would never find on your own. From settler-era squirrel hunts to the famous smoking Mai Tais of the defunct Kahiki Supper Club, the secrets of Columbus are waiting for you. With Secret Columbus as your guide, uncover new truths about the places you thought you knew and experience an element of adventure along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681061252
Publisher: Reedy press, LLC.
Publication date: 02/15/2018
Series: Secret
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,042,277
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

A Columbus, Ohio, native and the owner of ThreeWordPress, Anietra Hamper covers destinations around the world for regional and national publications including AAA, USA TODAY, TourismOhio.com, Columbus Parent magazine and official Visitor Guides for several counties in Ohio. Anietra has won numerous industry awards for travel writing and television news reporting. She is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Achievement Award, Jefferson Award and Congressional Award, and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Finders Keepers 2

Union Station Arches 4

Circus House Secrets 6

The Short North Name 8

No Sweet Tooth on Sunday 10

Columbus Dispatch News Ticker 12

World's First Junior High School 14

Where the Insane Are Forgotten 16

Tigers Aren't Just at the Zoo 18

World's First Suburban Strip Mall 20

"Carmen Ohio" Lyrics 22

Home of the Slider 24

Nineteenth-Century Amusements 26

The Best Open-Air View of Columbus 28

A Stroll Down Memory Lane 30

The Original Mr. Peanut 32

The Pagoda Mystery 34

Secret Maze below Campus 36

Polynesian Memories and Memorabilia 38

When Outdoor Concerts Rocked Columbus 40

Right Soldier, Wrong Name 42

The Narrowing Road 44

Supreme Justice 46

Home of the Buckeyes 48

Brushstrokes in Flight 50

Downtown Television 52

Out of Place 54

The Careful Flow of Waste 56

Flytown 58

Columbus's Flag Flap 60

Nostalgic Downtown Sandwich 62

Historically Squirrelly Behavior 64

Famous Unknown Boy Scout 66

Housing More Than Military Supplies 68

Ringside Treasure 70

His Lips Are Sealed 72

A Big Impression 74

No Dome 76

A Display of Champions 78

National Road Nostalgia 80

Swine-Inspired Landfills 82

Scandal Tips the Scales of Justice 84

Railroad Car Sanctuary 86

Smelly Success 88

Cutting-Edge Community 90

A District Fit for a King 92

Cover That Up 94

Take Me Out to the Ball Game 96

More Than Miracles inside the Grotto 98

Pieces of the Old Ohio Pen 100

Segregated Socializing 102

Columbus's First Zoo 104

Dancing Rabbits of Ballantrae Park 124

Glass Myth 126

Columbus's Royal Wedding 128

Coming Up Roses 130

Magic beyond the Grave 132

Hidden Civil War Cemetery 134

Undying Devotion 136

Concrete Corn 138

Remnants of Aviation History 140

Lone Skyscraper 142

Columbus-Bike Friendly before It Was Cool 144

Scottish Sounds in the Neighborhood 146

Feed Sack Flare 148

Lustron Homes 150

Highest Point 152

Road to Nowhere 154

What's in a Name? 156

Cautious Crossing 158

Creative Space 160

Patriotic Rock 162

OSU's Non-Fraternity Fraternity 164

Lost Capitol Cornerstone 166

A Brick among Bricks 168

Red-Light District Vanishes 170

Campus Cabin 172

Wartime Performances 174

Invention Hub 176

Mysteriously Cloaked Statue 178

Shimmy-Shake 180

Time-Out 182

Cow Town 184

Columbus City Anthem 186

The Building with a Reputation 188

Missing Articles on Christopher Columbus 190

Under Cover 192

Spring a Leak 194

Bibliography 196

Index 200

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