Picturing Pittsburgh: A Walk Through The Photo Files Of The Farm Security Administration
When the American stock market crashed on October 24, 1929, precocious Pittsburgh already knew quite a bit about roller coaster economies.
The Sacred and the Profane in Pittsburgh
There is an entirely unremarkable looking brown-bricked, double-spired chapel in a steep neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh.
Are ‘Free Range Kids’ Really A Good Idea? Insights from The Cleveland Play Census
The results of a “play census” of Cleveland children taken on June 23, 1913, disturbed Harvard education professor George E. Johnson.
Belt’s Cleveland History Roundup
Have you ever asked yourself, "Hmmm, what has Belt written about the history of Cleveland?" Wonder no more! As [...]
Physics From The Farm
The first thing that Ellen Vinson wanted to tell me about her aunt, physicist Melba Phillips, was that Phillips was the only person from Pike County, Indiana, to ever have an obituary in the New York Times.
The Mattoon Mad Gasser – Looking Back At A Textbook Case Of Mass Hysteria
Aline Kearney was uneasy when she went to bed late on Sept. 1, 1944, in the small east-central Illinois town of Mattoon.
Preserving Grandeur
Along the endless row of cookie-cutter homes on Cleveland’s Warren Road, the Marquard House stands as a mute witness to a rich history.
Return of the Club: Youngstown’s Good Old Days Reborn on the Fifth Floor
All George Guarnieri was looking for was a liquor license. What he found was the remnants of a Youngstown institution.
Blood, Sweat, and Tears on the Tracks
Kelly Lynch's roots run along a set of railroad tracks in northeast Indiana. One of his earliest memories is in the cab of Steam Locomotive no. 765 with his father, Dan.
The Rise and Mysterious Fall of the Prehistoric King of Cleveland
Lurking in the dark corners of Cleveland history: the Dunkleosteus. (From 2015).
How To Make A Building Fall
One Saturday morning when I was eight, my dad took my brother and me downtown to watch a building get blown up. Thousands of people came out to celebrate the event, as strange as that sounds.
The Avondale Horror: Cincinnati’s 1884 Burking Murders
On the night of February 15, 1884, the Avondale dairy farmer Louis Mills saw the glow of fire on the northwest horizon. The waning moon had yet to rise, so the night was otherwise dark and the orange dome foreboding.