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Rip City is one of several nicknames for Portland. It was coined in 1971 by Bill "The Schnoz" Schonely who was the play-by-play broadcaster for the city's NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers in 1971. The term, in only its second season, was close...

The idea of creating healthier fast food goes all the back to the '70s and D'Lites of America. Based in suburban Atlanta, this chain offered a menu of reduced-calorie dishes, including hamburgers made with lean beef, high-fiber buns, and reduced-calorie cheese. It closed in...

Legend City opened in Phoenix in 1963. It was conceived as a Disneyland-style, old west theme park by local ad man Louis E. Crandall. Though it faced numerous financial challenges, it remained open until 1983.

The Cincinnati Gardens opened in 1949 and was the home arena for multiple hockey, soccer, basketball, football and roller derby teams. The Gardens was also a top venue for wrestling, boxing, monster truck jams, motorcycle racing, and concerts.

The Tea Men were established in New England in 1978 as an expansion team in the old North American Soccer League (NASL). Stadium issues forced the team to relocate to Northern Florida in 1980. In 1983, they left the for the American Soccer League,...

??The Boston Minutemen played in the original North American Soccer League from 1974 through 1976. After a season with out an outdoor soccer team, the region welcomed the Tea Men in 1978.??

You'll never get lost when you follow this map to delicious Camp Washington Chili!

Camp Washington Chili??has been serving up chili to Cincinnati natives 24 hours a day, 6 days a week for over 75 years!

It's considered the greatest bad movie of all time. Written and directed by the infamous Ed Wood in 1959, Plan 9 from Outer Space??focuses on an attempt by extraterrestrials to stop mankind from making a doomsday weapon capable of destroying the entire universe.

Vampira was a horror movie host in the 1950s in Los Angeles. Played by actress Maila Nurmi, Vampira appeared on KABC from April 1954 to April 1955. She later appeared in the infamous Ed Wood sci-fi/horror film??Plan 9 From Outer Space.??

Vortex operated for 33 years at Kings Island amusement park, located just norh of Cincinnati, beginning in April 1987. When it opened, it set several records including, tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the longest drop in the world. It was also the first coaster...

The phrase "Best Location in the Nation," seems to have been coined in the 1940s. Still very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it comes from the fact that Cleveland is 600 miles from 60% of the U.S. (and a good chunk of Canada).

The Boston Yanks were established in1944 and brought pro football back to the city for the first time since the city's previous team left for Washington, D.C. in 1937. In 1945, the team temporarily merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (formerly the Dayton Triangles) for...

The Outlaws were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished with 4 wins and 6 losses while averaging 22,000 fans a game at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Outlaws hosted the first nationally televised XFL game on...

The Skipper Ryle Show was a TV program in Cincinnati on WKRC-TV. Glenn Ryle hosted this show from 1955 to 1972.

Blue Skies Roller Rink was a popular teen hangout in the 1950's in North Jefferson, Missouri.

Previously known as the Memphis Americans, the team re-located to Las Vegas for the Major Indoor Soccer League's 1984/85 season. They folded at the conclusion of that season.

Cleveland City Stars played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 2007 through 2009. Their home field was Bedford High School's football stadium.

Forest City Beer and Ale brewed beers at their plant on the corner of Union Avenue and E. 69th Street from 1904 until 1948. The brewery was known for producing??a whole slew of pre and post prohibition brews including Select Pilsner Beer, Waldorf, and...

WRQC was arguably Cleveland's first modern rock radio station. It changed its call letters from WLYT in the spring of 1983 and began playing new wave and alternative rock, exclusively. The big rock station in town played some of this music, but for 92...

What is now the Anderson Towne Centre, Old School Shirts remembers the Beechmont Mall. Opened in 1969, it was originally anchored by??Shillito's, Mabley & Carew, and later??Gold Circle.??In 2003 it was redeveloped into an outdoor shopping center with the old Shilito's, now Macy's, the...

Baron Von Crypt was a horror movie TV host in St. Louis airing on KDNL Channel 30 in 1971 and 1972. Though he had brief run compared to other horror hosts around the country, he is still fondly remembered by a generation of St....

240 Latinos participated in the Negro Leagues during the league's history. The Negro Leagues in the US welcomed all Latinos, regardless of color, during the era when a color line ruled in MLB. Even before a formal Negro League was established in 1920, Cuban...

The Hurricane played in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Their home pitch was the Astrodome.?? In the winter, the team moonlighted as the Houston Summit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Both teams played to small crowds with...

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The Chicago Mustangs were charter members of the United Soccer Association (USA) in 1967. The league was made up if wholly imported European teams, The Mustangs were actually??Cagliari Calcio??from Italy. In 1968, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) to form...

Get in the groove with this great shirt. Perfect for vinyl fans in the Buckeye State.

This shopping center near Avondale Estates in eastern Atlanta opened as the Columbia Mall in 1964. Shortly after being purchased by new owners in the mid-80s, it was renamed the Avondale Mall. It closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2007.