Invisible Ground

09/11/2025

Our episode on Tablertown from a few years back is very close to hitting 1000 listens. Have you heard this one? Take a listen, or share it with a friend and learn the incredible history of this settlement in eastern Athens County.

In this episode of Invisible Ground, we head over to eastern Athens County to learn about Tablertown and the unique family history of David Butcher. In the middle, we have a short piece about a historical mystery in the backyard of some friends. And we wrap up this installment with a quick story abo...

05/11/2025

29/10/2025

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19/10/2025

Great crowd for our Amesville Open House today! An appropriately rainy day meant we stayed inside but still awesome to talk about the project, show screenshots, and tell people what Invisible Ground does. Thanks to everyone who came out! Android update is still coming soon, but the Apple one is up and available. Did you listen to the Amesville episode yet?

16/10/2025

I am humbled and inspired that Invisible Ground has had 14,350 listens from 48 states and 62 countries.

But I am nothing if not a completist of some kind, huh? Which means I would love to have listeners in Idaho and North Dakota! Know anyone in those places who loves documentary-style podcasts about history and storytelling? Send them an Invisible Ground episode and help us out! Send us a message(s) as proof, and I'll send you both cool free stuff.

For everyone not in those two states, you should listen too, and we can see how fast we can get to 15,000? New episodes coming later this year on the Athens Armory and Nelsonville!

Find the show at the link below and on Apple Podcasts and the usual spots. Find out more about the project, including out Immersive Historic Sites and app at www.findinvisibleground.com

https://invisibleground.simplecast.com/episodes

Invisible Ground explores the history of Southeast Ohio communities by telling the stories of its people, places, and events.

16/10/2025

I am humbled and inspired that Invisible Ground has had 14,350 listens from 48 states and 62 countries.

But I am nothing if not a completist of some kind, huh? Which means I would love to have listeners in Idaho and North Dakota! Know anyone in those places who loves documentary-style podcasts about history and storytelling? Send them an Invisible Ground episode and help us out! Send us a message(s) as proof, and I'll send you both cool free stuff.

For everyone not in those two states, you should listen too, and we can see how fast we can get to 15,000? New episodes coming later this year on the Athens Armory and Nelsonville!

Find the show at the link below and on Apple Podcasts and the usual spots. Find out more about the project, including out Immersive Historic Sites and app at

15/10/2025

Join us for an Invisible Ground Open House in Amesville on Sunday, October 19th, at 2:00pm at Village Productions, 16 State Street. Snacks, drinks, and music from Andrew Lampela and David Colagiovanni will be available at 2. We will have a viewing of a short documentary, a quick talk, and then a demo and tour of the new Invisible Ground Immersive Historic Sites in Amesville.

See you there? Tell your friends!

Photo of the Amesville Cornet Band in the early 1900s in front of the old Amesville High School, courtesy of the Village of Amesville.

02/10/2025

The Southeast Ohio History Center in Athens is one of five new Immersive Historic Sites you can explore in the brand-new app update. There is no physical sign on site until the construction finishes later this year, but the site remains operational. There are three images total for you to see; please look for the stickers on the ground. One image is positioned at the corner by the building, one is diagonal across the intersection, looking at the building, and one is from across the street on State Street (as shown).

We're thrilled to have worked with our longtime partners, the Southeast Ohio History Center, on this project; their building was formerly the First Christian Church of Athens.

Get that update! Listen to the new episode! The Android app update is expected to be ready by next week as well.

App Update: www.findinvisibleground.com/app
Podcast: invisibleground.simplecast.com
Support: patreon.com/c/invisibleground

30/09/2025

The Athens Armory has its grand re-opening today! We will be at the public opening and the open house (starting at 3:30) to showcase the app a bit later. Download our new app update! Invisible Ground has an Immersive Historic Marker with 3 images to see (maybe 4? 🤫), including this one from 1917 or so of Ohio National Guard soldiers out front. Look for a whole podcast episode about the Armory in early November! Photo courtesy of the Southeast Ohio History Center.

29/09/2025

New episode! Episode 17 is all about Amesville, Ohio, a small village with a considerable history. Ties to the American Revolution, the Underground Railroad, and early Ohio statehood are intertwined with stories of a hobo mayor, flooding, and intentional communities. I hope you enjoy it, and please share, subscribe, review, and all that good stuff.

📲 New Invisible Ground app update is also live for Apple (Android update coming soon) that adds three Immersive Historic Sites in Amesville, along with one at the Athens Armory, and one at the Southeast Ohio History Center, both in Athens. Download that too!

For this episode, we head to the village of Amesville in Athens County, where this small town boasts a significant history, including one of Ohio’s first libraries, the American Revolution, the Underground Railroad, and some fascinating stories of people, places, and events.

16/09/2025

A new episode of Invisible Ground is coming very soon! In the meantime, you can listen to some of Brian's other work, this time producing, recording, and making Energize Appalachia for the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development! This episode is all about the work in solar energy in our region.

Listen, share, subscribe, rate, review, and all that. You can find it at the link below or where you listen to podcasts already!

Energize Appalachia focuses on the programs of COAD (Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development) and their impact on the communities in our region by speaking with the individuals who make it happen. In this episode, we talk about all things solar from COAD and the impact on our communities! We co...