Some store names feel like part of the family. Ohioans who shopped in the 1980s may still picture their trips downtown and to the mall, and the names they came to know. Here’s a look back at the ones that didn’t make it. 1. Higbee’s If you shopped at Higbee’s in 1986, your store was…
Think back to a Minnesota fall when you were a kid. The air turned crisp, and your family had plans you never had to discuss. Some of those plans no longer exist. Here’s a look back at the autumn rituals that faded for good. 1. ZooBoo at Como Zoo ZooBoo was the fall tradition at…
A grandparent’s nightstand can look nothing like it did a generation earlier. Many Indiana grandparents now wind down with gear their own parents never had. Here’s what has changed after dark. Note: This is general information, not medical advice. Sleep needs and treatments vary by person, so talk to a doctor about a diagnosed sleep…
A Florida childhood in the 1960s came with a set of hazards that parents today would never sign off on. None of it felt unusual at the time. It was just what growing up looked like before a few decades of safety lessons caught up with the state. These are the things Florida kids did…
More than 100,000 older adults in Michigan are victims of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation, according to a figure the state’s Attorney General office put out this spring. Scammers reach a good share of those victims with nothing more than a phone call. These are the robocall scams targeting Michigan retirees this fall. Note: This…
Two-thirds of Iowa farmland belongs to someone 65 or older. Landowners 75 and up hold more than a third of that. The people farming that ground aren’t usually ready to step back from it until someone younger is ready to take over. These are the things Iowa farm families should settle before anyone retires. Note:…
New York State’s Department of Health reported more than 1,800 fall deaths among residents 60 and older in 2023, a number that’s risen 25% in just five years. Not all of those falls happened outside. These are the stair problems that turn a New York home into a hazard. Note: This is general information, not…
The Vermont Cheese Council says the state’s cheesemakers won 33 medals at the 2025-2026 World Cheese Awards in Bern, Switzerland, and two of them went to cheddar alone. None of that happens by accident. These are the Vermont cheddar rules Vermonters won’t bend. 1. the No-Annatto Standard Cheddar comes out of the vat pale, and…
Not every Arkansas town gets its factory back. International Paper shut down its Camden, Arkansas paper mill for good in January 2001, after 73 years of operation. The jobs never came back. These are the Arkansas town squares that never recovered from their biggest closure. 1. Mountain Pine Dierks Lumber and Coal Company built Mountain…
By 2030, roughly 1 in 5 Virginians will be 65 or older, according to population projections from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Nobody designs a bathroom around that birthday. A fixture that seems harmless when you’re 35 can end in a hip fracture or a bad burn decades…
