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Springfield’s Simon Kenton Inn more than a bed and breakfast

Springfield’s Simon Kenton Inn more than a bed and breakfast

Restaurant, pub, pavilion and treehouses make for special experience By Jane Beathard   Photos courtesy of Simon Kenton Inn Photos courtesy of Simon Kenton Inn Photos courtesy of Simon Kenton Inn Photos courtesy of Simon Kenton Inn Photos courtesy of Simon Kenton Inn SPRINGFIELD — Western Ohio history meets modern hospitality at the Simon Kenton […]

Flight 93 National Memorial pays tribute to 9/11 heroes

Flight 93 National Memorial pays tribute to 9/11 heroes

By Jane Beathard   SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — On a windswept knoll in the Laurel Highlands of south-central Pennsylvania, the National Park Service is creating a living tribute to 40 citizen heroes. The Flight 93 National Memorial honors the United Airlines crew and passengers who fought their terrorist hijackers on 9/11. In the process, they likely […]

Mineral Springs Lake and Farm Resort an Adams County escape

Mineral Springs Lake and Farm Resort an Adams County escape

By Meghann MacMillan   PEEBLES — Way out east into Adams County, where tall buildings give way to cow pasture, sits a relatively untouched little lake by the name of Mineral Springs. Named in honor of the naturally occurring, mineral-enriched springs of the area, Mineral Springs Lake is five-and-a-half-miles of tree-lined serenity. Surrounding the lake […]

A Buckeye in Shanghai

A Buckeye in Shanghai

By Gary Brock   In the new financial and shopping district downtown, I asked this nice young couple to check out our Salt magazine while posing in front of the famous Oriental Pearl landmark. They seemed to enjoy the magazine. The breathtaking skyline of the Shanghai financial district at night. I took this from a […]

Michigan’s Beaver Island has unique history

Michigan’s Beaver Island has unique history

By Jane Beathard   As Don Cole tells it, Beaver Island is its own country. The lifelong resident of Lake Michigan’s biggest island said locals once lived by their own laws and kept their distance from authorities in the rest of Michigan, as well as those in nearby Wisconsin and Ontario. Cole descends from a […]

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