Engaged Communities Contribute to Tourism Growth

More and more, tourists are getting away from big cities and chain stores. They want the authentic experience, specialty stores and local eateries that none of their friends have visited. There is always some undiscovered corner to be explored; a back road to drive, an old building to photograph, a little known artist to support....

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BibleWalk Adds New Exhibit at Museum

Amazing things continue to happen at BibleWalk, Ohio’s only life-size wax museum. The Walk of The Parables, BibleWalk’s newest exhibit, opens to the public March 21, 2015. The Walk of Parables consists of 39 original oil paintings, each four feet wide and seven feet high. The paintings are the work of noted religious artist Mark Pedro; and are thought to be the first series of paintings depicting the parables of Jesus ever undertaken by a single artist. They were formerly on display at Christus Gardens in Gatlinburg, Tennessee....

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The tonic for Holiday stress? Good friends – Good Wine! Mansfield\’s wine bars can help….

I was reminded this week, the holidays are tapping on our door. This realization arrived along with a very welcome Christmas Club check and a recent visit to the store, where an entire department had been transformed into all things Holiday!...

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What do Zombies, Coffins, and Deranged Criminals have in Common?

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting darker. Can you feel it? It’s in the chill of the air and the expanding Harvest moon, that time of year when ghosts, goblins, zombies and the criminally insane are sprung and come out and play in the land of the living. ...

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Tree Frog Canopy Tour – A Shot of Adrenaline for Adventurers Young and Old

As I was dangling by a cable over the top of a tree canopy in the Mohican forest, I made a new friend. “Hello,” I said, to this brave little soul who had this silly grin on her face. She was staring mesmerized by the view, seeing the forest through the eyes of an eagle. ...

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