Greg Hand

Geologists name lots of things for Cincinnati because our bedrock is unique and world-famous. Here’s the dirt on our world-renowned fossils.

Back in the day, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky hosted a number of summer entertainment stations, from Queen City Beach to Lagoon Park to Chester Park. They're all gone, even the memories.

A proposal to build a world-famous gambling hall downtown, complete with the original Statue of Liberty, tripped up gullible locals between 1883 and 1980.

Besides beer, the city’s population seemed to run on oysters for the entire 1800s and the first half of the 1900s.

First prize for The Cincinnati Post's 1916 big-head contest was, no surprise, a new hat.

Seeking scientific knowledge and perhaps some fame, Dr. Bartholow inserted electrified needles into a patient’s brain in 1874 at Good Samaritan Hospital. It didn’t go well.

Contagious citizens were confined to a loathsome quarantine home in the 1800s, which moved from the West End to Clifton Heights to Westwood when neighbors complained.

Life was tough in 1800s Cincinnati, when children at play also had to dodge the fatal side-effects of their toys.

For 50 years the male fellowship club had no rules, fake elections, weird nicknames, a secret password, and one female member. Its annual beefsteak dinners were a sensation.

After World War I, Chef August Johann Hellmers landed in Cincinnati and became quite a character, building his own saloon.