Make Cincinnati Weird!

Continuing to be the highest-garnering source for submissions, another Jesus, submitted by Lance.

A stone’s throw from Hamilton, some 25 miles from downtown Cincinnati, lies a public park with monumental sculpture and an underground house.Pyramid Hill sprawls over 265 acres of rolling hills, man-made lakes, thick woodlands and butterfly-filled meadows. Overlooking the Great Miami River, it is a contemporary art museum outdoors - a place where [...]

I forget where I read it - and I’m certain that I did - but did you know that the only statue of Abraham Lincoln in the world without his beard stands in Lytle Park?  George Grey Barnard completed the statue in 1916.
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From our friends in Christ, Tracy and Dean.

“We call her Big Girl,” explains Big Girl owner Andy Scheurer, who is always happy to talk about Big Girl. “She’s been a source of humor and a bit of mystery, but she’s also a timely piece of pop art. She’s lovely, and as the leaves fall off the trees in the winter, she literally [...]

Submitted by Tom.

It’s the Second Coming of Touchdown Jesus! (The first is in South Bend.) The Big-J has risen near the interstate north of Cincinnati. Standing 62 feet high, with a 42-foot wing span between the hands, the Solid Rock Church’s dramatic statue of Jesus rises out of the ground on the eastern side of [...]

There’s a man sitting on a bench reading a book by the Ohio river. He’s there everyday and he never moves.

It’s a statue of James Bradley, a slave turned educator and Underground Railroad conductor.
He fools me everytime I walk down there. In the wintertime, someone usually puts a scarf around his neck and a hat [...]