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It started with one reader's letter about a sealed milk can buried under a shuttered elementary school in Marion. Three months later, we've got a spreadsheet, a lawyer on speed dial, and a list of 61 capsules nobody seems to own. Welcome to the Great Ohio Time Capsule Hunt.
We asked our members for the words only Ohioans seem to use, and you delivered — 214 submissions, three near-brawls in the comments, and one very patient linguistics professor. Here's the first-ever OH Wa FG glossary, and how to get your word into next year's edition.
Somewhere between legend and elaborate prank sits the story of a shadowy 1970s cycling crew whose initials match our own site's name. We spent three months chasing old trail markers, retired archivists, and one very stubborn skeptic to find out if they ever rolled at all.
From the world's largest basket in Newark to a brass bed bolted to a barn roof, Ohio's roadside oddities deserve more than a drive-by glance. Here's my top ten — and a case for why every town should fight to keep its weirdness standing.
Hand-painted letters in the same careful block style have been showing up on barns, silos, and one very confused feed store between Columbus and Delaware. We talked to the landowners who've decided the mystery can stay, and to the county clerk who checked the records twice.
While most of Ohio sleeps, a small crew of birders idles in the Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area parking lot waiting for an owl to call. We tagged along on a pre-dawn prowl to find out what keeps them coming back.
We asked you, our readers, to finally crack the code behind our name. You delivered everything from 'Ohio Weather Forecasting Guild' to theories we legally cannot print. Here's what we learned.