Famous Columbusites include R.L. Stine, author of the bestselling Goosebumps novels, and celebrity chef Guy Fieri.
The very first Wendy’s restaurant opened on East Broad Street in November 1969. Today, the franchise is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.
Burger chain White Castle was founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921, but has been based in Columbus since 1933.
The Ohio Historical Center has a genuine two-headed calf, stuffed and mounted for display. The short-lived anomaly came into this world in 1941 in Brookeville, Ohio.
OSU graduate and Columbus resident Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world. Twenty-nine days later, 5000 admirers gathered to watch Mock’s triumphant return to the Columbus International Airport.
In 1989 Arnold Schwarzenegger launched the Arnold Sports Festival, one of the biggest fitness expos on earth, which takes place annually in Columbus.
Eight United States Presidents have hailed from Ohio: William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding.
