Cincinnati Art Museum
The collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum didn’t align with our interests as much as some others, but it is home to a few paintings by some of our favorite artists, so it was well …
Category: Art
Amusements / Art / Food / US Presidents
Good Eats and Good Statues in Cincinnati
Behold the Buckeye! When William Henry Harrison successfully ran for president, his campaign created souvenirs carved out of Ohio’s state tree, the buckeye. Since that time, Ohio residents have been called “buckeyes,” though it seems …
Architecture / Art / Museums
Immersing Ourselves in Art & Architecture in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Museum Center The Cincinnati Museum Center was of interest to us more for the building than for the museums located within it. But since it was free with our museum membership, we still took …
Taft Museum of Art
We visited the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio on a hunch. We weren’t sure there was anything there that would particularly interest us, but something about it said we should do it, so …
Covington, Kentucky
Covington sits just south of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the other side of the Ohio River, and is considered to be part of the “Greater Cincinnati Area.” It did feel like one big city as we …
Columbus, Indiana Was a Surprise!
Sure, everyone’s heard of Columbus, Ohio – but Indiana? Never knew it existed. But it came up on my radar for the wonderful Miller House, so we wound up spending a night there. It turned …
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is part of a campus called Newfields that also includes the Lily House, a 100-acre nature park, and 26-acres of grounds and gardens to explore, all of which we did, …
Museum of Miniature Houses and Other Collections
We seem to have found a new interest in miniatures, as we’ve already visited a few museums and exhibits, but still are happy to visit more. They’re just so fascinating! This time it was the …
J. Seward Johnson in Carmel, Indiana
As we drove into Carmel, Indiana, in search of the Museum of Miniature Houses, we said, “Hey, is that Seward Johnson sculpture?” Then we saw another, and another, and realized we had a bonus adventure …
Architecture / Art / Authors / Flowers
A Few Stops in Toledo (The City in Ohio)
Racing south out of Detroit, we spent less than 24 hours in Toledo, managing to pack in visits to a few sites before we continued southward. Toledo Botanical Garden We had hoped to find some …