Curious Cbus

On Sunbury Road, a would-be Muslim Community Youth Center building sits half finished. In Forest Park, the Muslim American Society of Columbus has aspirations for a grand youth center. And in Hilliard, Noor Islamic Cultural Center has hit a legal roadblock in its expansion attempt.

E.E. Ward Moving & Storage was founded in 1881. It holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating Black-owned business in the United States.

Lincoln Village is a neighborhood of modest homes just west of Columbus. The development started with one man's vision of a housing cooperative that would make home ownership more affordable while addressing the post-WWII housing shortage.

Central Ohio has an eventful history of labor movement activity including the founding of one of the nation's largest union organizations.

This election, many Ohioans will be voting on school levies. Education funding is a complicated and controversial topic, but one way to make sense of it is by using a quirky metaphor: it’s like baking a cake.

On September 24, 1979, Columbus-based CompuServe launched its online service for consumers. Its subscribers were among the first to have access to email, online chat, digital newspapers and the ability to share and download files.

Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks officially opened the Quarry Trails Metro Park in 2021. The ambitious project transformed the abandoned Marble Cliff Quarry and one of the park’s main attractions is its waterfall, Millikin Falls.

The moon will not fully block the sun in Columbus, but areas just north or west will have totality, making those places prime spots for eclipse visitors.

Eastgate is a Columbus community that prides itself on its diversity. For decades it was a community where middle-class Black families thrived.

Following President Lincoln's assassination, his body traveled on a funeral train, dubbed “The Lincoln Special.” One of the 13 stops on the tour was in Columbus.