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A Visit to “Lawnfield”
Mentor, OH, June 2026 The second stop of the day, after eating fried hand pies … are those pies filled with hands and fried? Pies filled with fried hands? … Both of those sound painful and disgusting … filled, fried, and glazed pies you hold in your hand, was the Garfield House. John was very…
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Ohio Amish
Mesopotamia, OH, June 2026 Kate proposed going to 2 spots in one day. The Ohio Amish community by Mesopotamia, which houses the oldest running General Store, and the James Garfield National Historic Site. John Pointed out that going to the David Berger Memorial would be near an alternate route back, and we should consider adding…
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Frankenstein’s Grave
Canton, OH, June 2026 Somehow, we found out that Frankenstein’s grave is in Canton, OH. We think it was one of us searching lists of things to do in the area. It turns out that this was right beside the McKinley memorial, so there was no reason to miss it. The West Lawn Cemetery was…
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McKinley National Memorial and Burial Site
Canton, OH, June 2026 William McKinley was the 25th President of the US and the second president to be assassinated, while in office. He was in office from 1897 to 1901. McKinley was in his 200 day of his second term when the assassination occurred. To read more about McKinley see link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley I expected…
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First Ladies National Historic Site (3/3)
Canton, OH, Jun 2026 An unfortunately large portion of the historic site was devoted to superficial subjects, such as inaugural ball gowns. In John’s opinion, it should have been more about the First Ladies, the programs they endorsed, and their roles as White House hostess. This page is less history and more fluff. Spread throughout…
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First Ladies National Historic Site (2/3)
Canton, OH, June 2026 This post contains the more education portion. It will attempt to work through the museum following the timeline post on the walls. As with many museums, the lighting is pretty low, so some of the text might might be hard to read from blur or reflections. At the front, they were…
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First Ladies National Historic Site (1/3)
Canton, OH, June 2026 We took a lot of pictures, so the visit to the First Ladies National Historic Site will be separated into three posts. There are a lot of displays, artifacts, replicas, and educational panels inside the three floors, so it will be separated into one post for the outside and two posts…
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All I want for Christmas is a Taller Step Stool
West Branch State Park, OH, June 2026 Cleo is a “little” over the ideal weight for her size, according to the vet. According to a friend of ours, she is a little “Chonk”. According to Cleo, she barely eats at all. Due to this, she is on a kitty diet that is not making much…
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Stonelick SP, OH to Findley SP, OH: Information and Driving Directions
Findley State Park, OH, July 2025 When leaving Stonelick, the challenge was finding a path to the I71 that was acceptable. We drove multiple routes and decided the best option was going the same way we came in. The way we came in had no room to pull over and hills (Mackie became car sick).…
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Sunsets at Stonelick State Park Ohio
Stonelick State Park, OH, July 2024 One of my favorite pastimes has been taking sunset pictures. Almost every night I walked to the shoreline to see if the sunset was going to amazing. In most cases, I was bedazzled by the beautiful sunset. See below for the various Stonelick State Park sunset pictures. I did…