Some places become part of your story long before you realize they have. Secrest Arboretum is that place for me. I discovered it not long after moving to Ohio, and at first it was simply somewhere beautiful to spend an afternoon. I had no idea that it would soon become something much more important. For…
Some places reveal themselves slowly. Fowler Woods was one of those places for me. I first heard about it from a coworker, and before visiting I did what I usually do—I read about the preserve and tried to learn a little of its history. Much of what I found focused on a section of the…
Some places don’t reveal themselves right away. In all the times I had looked at the map for places to explore, River Walk Natural Area somehow got missed for the longest time. When I finally noticed it on the map, curiosity got the better of me, so I set out one early morning to see…
Freer Field wasn’t the kind of place I expected to remember. Nestled in the middle of Ashland, it appears at first to be little more than an open field bordered by a small stretch of woods. I almost expected to hear traffic constantly or feel like I was walking through the edge of town. Instead,…
