Author: kdrenten
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Vinyl record stores, vintage audio shops now listed in Dusty Tires
Dusty Tires now lists places that sell vinyl records and repair and/or sell vintage stereo equipment and radios. By Ken Drenten If you can remember back when “vinyl” meant 33-1/3 rpm LP records and 45 rpm single “platters,” you’re in luck. Vinyl is back in fashion. People are buying new and used records like never…
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Lynn Auto Theatre, oldest in Ohio, still making audiences smile
By Ken Drenten Lynn Auto Theatre open since 1937, is the oldest drive-in movie theatre in Ohio. The Lynn Auto Theatre, at the junction of SR 250 and SR 21 just northwest of Strasburg, is the oldest drive-in movie theatre in Ohio and the second oldest continuously operating drive-in theatre in the world. It’s also…
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Pair of historic taverns on National Road have new uses
By Ken Drenten The Headley Inn Winery & Vineyard is housed in an historic 1830s tavern. (Credit: Ken Drenten) Two solidly-built stone houses have stood side-by-side a few miles west of Zanesville on US 40, the National Road, since the 1830s, when the road was first built in Ohio. The road, dotted with stone mile…
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Plane, train, automobile and canal sites are now listed in Dusty Tires
The impressive “Memphis Belle” B-17 bomber from World War II on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Since launching Dusty Tires in March, I have been constantly accumulating and adding more content. I’ve just added four new pages of content in the Places By Type…
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Sauder Village is an amazing place in the Ohio countryside
By Ken Drenten Sauder Heritage Village includes a recently completed 1920s-themed Main Street section. (Credit: Ken Drenten) I guess I’m the type who likes going back to places I enjoy time after time. I like discovering new places as well, but when I find somewhere that hits the sweet spot, I want to return again.…
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G&R Tavern puts Waldo on map for its famous bologna sandwich
G&R Tavern is the home of the Famous Bologna Sandwich. (Photo credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Waldo, Ohio, located about halfway between Delaware and Marion along U.S. 23, is known mainly for one thing — fried bologna sandwiches. When people ask, “Where is that place where they serve the fried bologna sandwich?” The answer…
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July 19 is National Hot Dog Day!
Customers at White Turkey Drive-In in Conneaut, Ohio, enjoy hot dogs and root beer. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Wednesday, July 19 is National Hot Dog Day. Whether you like yours grilled, roasted over a campfire, boiled, eaten at a ballpark or just heated up in a microwave oven, hot dogs are still America’s…
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