From the Black Swamp era to the rebirth of Toledo's postindustrial downtown, the Toledo story is a fascinating journey.

Holy Toledo History Featured in The Blade.

East River Road Between Perrysburg and Rossford. From 1915 to 1930 nearly a dozen estates were built on the southern banks of the Maumee...

1502 West Central Avenue The rural cemetery movement was a widespread cultural trend that developed in mid-nineteenth-century America....

29100 West River Road. Built as a supply depot and staging point for operations into Canada, and also to provide command of the rapids of...

The Ludwig Memorial. Founded in 1876, Toledo's Woodlawn Cemetery epitomizes the rural cemetery movement.  Today, historic Woodlawn is the...

Whatever Happened to Wanda Urbaytis? Shortly after midnight on February 17, 1921, two postal employees pulled their mail truck onto the...

The Heart of Innovation and Collaboration in the Glass City. When I'm asked to provide a local history tour, I always include a stop at...

Corner of Locust and Superior Streets. If this building could talk it would begin its story in 1870 when 41 charter members of...

John Gunckel and the Toledo Newsboys. One of my favorite people from Toledo history is John Gunckel. There is just so much to admire...

WTOL's Lou Herbert Connects John Gunckel with the Old Newsboys...

322 East Broadway. Built in 1835, this home was transformed into a Greek Revival house by "itinerant column workers" in 1844. It's more...

1949 Glendale Ave. In 1920, Toledo voters approved an $11 million bond to expand the city school system. Community forums and feedback...

501 River Road. Dudley and his officers tried vainly to stop them, but their efforts were futile, and they joined the fray. Once they...

802 North Huron Street. The important thing to remember is how Libbey was recruited to Toledo before the Chamber of Commerce, the Port Authority or the SBA - glass came to Toledo because a few local entrepreneurs saw an opportunity and made it happen. One of Vistula's most important homes is the Casey-Pomeroy house, a three-story Italian Villa Style brick structure built in 1870.  The history of this home is important because it touches the story of our community in many wa

410 Adams Street. The story of how the Valentine Theatre was saved from the wrecking ball is a lesson in community action. Listed on the...

Toledo History Tour from High Above Downtown Over the years I've given tours of downtown Toledo from the 28th floor of One SeaGate. In...

If you were looking for a place to lodge in the Sylvania area in the 1800's, you would have been lucky to book a room at the Bidwell ....

The fire wiped out 19 businesses along the west side of the block we now call Main Street between Maplewood and Monroe. As you browse...

A trip back to Sylvania's past. This entry is a compilation of a series of articles Kathryn Keller wrote in the summer of 1977 for her...