Take a Virtual Tour of Washington Park

Take a Virtual Tour of Washington Park

Missing Washington Park? So are we. But our friends at Explore Washington Park put together this virtual tour. Stay home, save lives, and support the Park’s institutions with a video visit. Like World Forestry Center, Washington Park’s cultural institutions are...
Campus Highlight: The Petrified Stump

Campus Highlight: The Petrified Stump

A Tree Turned into a Rock If a tree falls in the woods, and is covered by a landslide, does anyone hear it?  Well, if no one hears it or sees it for many millions of years, that tree may turn into stone. When Mother Nature manages to keep that fallen tree buried for a...
Campus Highlight: Peggy the Train

Campus Highlight: Peggy the Train

All Aboard Our Vintage Steam Engine! Located on World Forestry Center’s campus, “Peggy” is a beautiful 42-ton Lima Shay-geared locomotive who has hauled an estimated billion feet of logs in her lifetime. Built in 1909 by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, she...