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At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...

The Pythian Castle is living proof that dreams built from stone and brick can last forever, and that sometimes the most charming castles aren’t in faraway kingdoms – they’re right here in Ohio, ...

There’s a fortress standing in downtown Toledo that looks like it escaped from a storybook and decided Ohio was a pretty nice place to settle down. The Pythian Castle rises from the corner of ...

Native along the entire East Coast and west to Missouri and Texas, this slow-growing, pyramidical holly can reach 25-60 feet ...