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Lost City: The Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Built in 1957 by local boy Walter W. Cordes, the museum contained everything from ancient Native American arrowheads to birds John James Audubon himself had stuffed to a laser light show that transpired under the planetarium dome.

Lost City: The Old Chamber of Commerce

Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1884, it sat at the southwest corner of Fourth and Vine until 1911, when a grease fire on the top floor burned the whole thing down.

Yes, “Midwestern” Is Kind Of An Accent

Michigander Edward McClelland looks at how Midwesterners sound—as well as various accents and the way they express themselves—and shows that strong regional distinctions prevail even today.

Remembering the Queen City’s Temple of Books

The old main library was like a Hollywood conception of what a library should look like.

A Man in Need

A doctor with a drug problem and a sob story, a good Samaritan with cash on hand, and a chance meeting that became a public lesson in crime, crowdsourcing, and the limits of privacy in a big little town.

These Photographs Are So Normal, They Might Just Make You Uncomfortable

Photographer Roe Ethridge deserves a first—and second—look.

Joe Deters Gears Up for the Ray Tensing Trial

Joe Deters is about to prosecute former University of Cincinnati cop Ray Tensing for the murder of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed African-American man. It will be one of the biggest trials of his career and will no doubt attract national attention. Will Deters do the right thing? It depends on who you ask.

Crosstown Shoutout

Our Great Divide has its roots in religion, class, and race (those highways didn’t help, either). But are all east-siders WASPy blue-bloods? And are all west-siders blue collar Catholics? Not by a long shot. As it turns out, we share a lot of common ground.

Is WNKU on its Way Out?

Sadly, one of our last college radio stations may not be long for these airwaves.

The Ark Encounter, By The Numbers

It's a business venture with a price tag of biblical proportions.

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