Cincinnati

A popular discount department store for generations, Woolworth was also famous for its in-store lunch counter.

Aladdin's Castle was the place to be in suburban shopping malls throughout the '70s and '80s. Founded by a University of Miami graduate, in Chicago, then chain grew to over 450 stores.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

It's one of the world's most famous ice cream bars.

If you grew up in Cincinnati, chances are great that you were on the Uncle Al Show. Uncle Al and Captain Wendy entertained children of the midwest for over 35 years, and had one of the longest running kids TV shows in the history...

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

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Red Lion Sparkling Ale was a popular brew produced by the??Burger Brewing Company??in Cincinnati from the 1940s until the early 1970s.

The Cincinnati Silverbacks were a professional indoor soccer club that competed in the National Professional Soccer League from 1995 to 1998. The team originated in Dayton as the Dayton Dynamo in 1987. They played their first two seasons in Cincinnati at the old Cincinnati...

King Cobra was the first coaster to be designed and built specifically as a stand-up coaster. The ride opened in 1984. The original manufacturer, TOGO, went out of business in 2001 making parts difficult to find causing the ride to close after the 2002...

Edgar Streifthau opened LeSourdsville Lake in 1922. Essentially a family picnic ground at first, the park featured a restaurant, dance hall, bathhouse, and cabins. It grew into a regional destination after World War II and provided lasting summer memories for several generations. In 1978,...

Lion Country Safari was an attraction that debuted at Kings Island in 1974. In 1977, it was rebranded as Wild Animal Safari as Kings Island took full control from their partners at Lion Country Safari. The attraction's most unique feature, of course, was the...

When Hugh Wilson was given the green light to create a TV show based on WQXI in Atlanta, he wanted a more central setting for the fictitious WKRP. Cincinnati was chosen somewhat at random, as it seemed to flow naturally with the call letters.??WKRP...

Camp Washington??Chili is world famous and has been featured on The Travel Channel's Man v. Food Nation, CBS News, HGTV, and more. Founded in 1940 by Steve Andon and Fred Zannbus, it truly is an area favorite.

The Havana Sugar Kings were a AAA minor league baseball team based in Cuba's capital from 1946 to 1960. They were members of the International League and their parent club was Cincinnati. Their home field was??El Gran Estadio del Cerro??(also known as Gran Stadium) in Havana....

Roy will only use one bat.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. In the late '70s, animated spokespersons Burger Chef and Jeff were introduced....

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

Tiger Red Cream Soda was popular in the '70s and '80s throughout Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Southern Indiana.

Bill Knapp's was an American family restaurant chain founded by Clinton B. Knapp in 1948 in Batttlecreek, MI. At its peak it had 60 locations in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and Illinois. The last location closed in 2002.

Hook's Drug Stores was a chain of pharmacies based in Indianapolis. Outside of Indiana, the chain operated under the name SupeRX Drug Stores.????

The Portsmouth Spartans were established in 1928 and played in pro football's national league starting in 1930. In 1934, the team was bought and relocated to Detroit, where they became the Lions.

"If there's something strange, in the Buckeye State. Who you gonna call?"

This shirt features an alternate logo for??The Cincinnati Rockers, the Queen City's Arena Football League team that played from 1992 to 1993 at Riverfront Coliseum.

Some people may think that Ohio is in a galaxy far far away, but when you have the Ohioan Falcon, you can get there in no time! Rock out in this Ohioan Falcon T-Shirt today!

Shortly after cable TV began to expand across the U.S., Warner Communications (later Warner-AMEX), one of the biggest cable providers, introduced QUBE in Columbus, Ohio in 1977.??QUBE??was an experimental, two-way, multi-programmed??system that played a significant role in the development of American??interactive television. It was...

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They say 60 games is better than one. Sit on your porch and listen to Cincinnati baseball in this great design from Old School Shirts! *A portion of proceeds from the sale of this shirt benefits the Reds Community Fund

In 1916, the Cincinnati Motor Speedway opened in Sharonville, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati. The track closed and was dismantled in 1919, with all of the lumber going to Chillicothe, Ohio to expand Camp Sherman which is still in operation. However, racing on the...

The??Shillito's Elves may be in storage, but their??workshop??and holiday spirit live on.