Columbus, Ohio: Walk O' Wonders (Gone)
Fondly remembered miniature landmark attraction in the parking lot of the Great Western Shopping Center in the 1955-1970s. Featured Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pyramids, Sphinx, Grand Canyon, and even a flowing Niagara Falls. Demolished in the 1970s; 22-ft. tall Eiffel Tower replica survives on private residential property.
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It has been a headache for me trying to locate this particular "shopping center." A few years back I purchased some vacation slides from the VFW Thrift Store in Norwood, Ohio. They had been donated to the VFW by, I believe, the Florence family of Fairborn Ohio. Among those slides were several of an unusual center that featured "The Walk O' Wonders", replicas of the "Seven Wonders Of The World" built around the perimeter of the center's parking lot. Prominent in the background was a Kroger's Supermarket but their office was ignorant of their own store's location in the scene. Would you be familiar with it, or, know how I might trace it down?
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Walk O' Wonders
- Directions:
- Was at Great Western Shopping Center corner of W. Broad St (US40) and Wilson Rd.
- Hours:
- Gone from Columbus since 1970.
- Status:
- Gone
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Tipster Kelly McNabb writes that the Walk O' Wonders "was located on the west side of Columbus, Ohio until about 1970, in the Great Western Shopping Center, which still exists. Really a cool little attraction, complete with the Pyramids, Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon...." Tipster Alex Manz writes: "The Walk O' Wonders was at the Great Western Shopping Center in Columbus (192 N. Wilson Rd.). The shopping center was one of the first in the US and opened in 1951, and the Walk O' Wonders was out in the parking lot. It is currently sitting in the garage of one of the shopping center's owners, and was disassembled some time in the late '60s or early '70s. I saw it in 1963 when my family was passing through Columbus on a summer vacation (it was a pretty boring vacation!)."