The Highs and Lows of the NBA's Cincinnati Royals
Cincinnati’s time as an NBA city lasted 15 seasons beginning in 1957 when the Rochester Royals relocated to the Queen City. The team started as a semi-pro outfit in Rochester called the Seagrams in...
Who Built Serpent Mound and Why?
Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the most interesting prehistoric sites in America. While ancient earthen structures of all types dot the Midwest, this effigy mound, on a narrow plateau over...
Cincinnati Almost Wasn't Cincinnati
In 1788, two settlements were established along the north shore of the Ohio River in what is today Hamilton County, with a third founded in 1789. The first was Columbia near the mouth of the Little...
While remembered fondly by Tristate fast food aficionados, the original Zantigo fast-food chain began in Minneapolis, Minnesota as Zapata in 1969. Marno McDermott, the man who started it all, would...
Cincinnati's Pioneering Radio Days
Photo: Joanna Poe When most people think of radio and Cincinnati together, the first thing that comes to mind is a fictitious station made famous by a legendary TV sitcom. However, long before Andy...
When the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family Visited Kings Island
Ask anyone people who grew up in the Tristate what their favorite Brady Bunch episode is and you’re likely to get the same answer: “The Cincinnati Kids.”That episode, of course, was filmed in Cinci...
