Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unusual grave site of Capt. John Cleves Symmes in Ludlow Park in Hamilton, in 2003. Capt. Symmes was a strong proponent of the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. While Jules Verne may have been the most famous writer to expound on the ...

In the 1820s, the Hollow Earth Theory had two powerful advocates. They went to the United States Congress to lobby for a sponsored expedition to the center of the Earth. Congress turned them down, but ...

John Cleves Symmes was born 274 years ago, on July 21 at Riverhead, New York. He was very successful in early life, but unsuccessful later in life. He was the son of Rev. Timothy and Mary Cleves ...

John Cleves Symmes, 93, died on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Lower Cape Fear Life Center. He was born on March 26,1928 to the late Eliza Davis Symmes and Cleves Montgomery Symmes. He was predeceased ...

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In the middle of a city park in Hamilton, Ohio, you can find a peculiar monument to Capt. John Cleves Symmes and his Hollow Earth theory. The time-and-weather-worn stone obelisk, topped by a metal orb ...

John Cleves Symmes was born 274 years ago, on July 21 at Riverhead, New York. He was very successful in early life, but unsuccessful later in life. He was the son of Rev. Timothy and Mary Cleves ...