What can you see at Dayton's aviation heritage sites?
Six Dayton sites tell the stories of the Wright brothers and Paul Laurence Dunbar, from a bicycle shop and printing office to Huffman Prairie and Dunbar's last home.
There are six places in Dayton that together make up the aviation heritage national historical park, and their stories cover Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Visitors interested in the Wright brothers can step into a printing office that has been refurnished to look as it did in their day, walk through a bicycle shop that is an original from the brothers, and see the third airplane they built.
Two more Wright-related stops are part of the group. One is Huffman Prairie Flying Field, where you can follow in Wilbur and Orville's footsteps. The other is Hawthorn Hill, the mansion the Wrights lived in.
The sixth experience belongs to Paul Laurence Dunbar, whose last home is part of the park.
Every one of the sites is either a National Historic Landmark or appears on the National Register of Historic Places, so the group carries official recognition as well as historical interest.
If you want a way to track your visits, there is a passport program. You collect stamps at seven locations and then receive a "Wilbear Wright" aviator teddy bear. More detail on the passport, including a printable version, comes from the park's partner, Aviation Trail, Inc. The park also has a Facebook page under the name @DaytonAviationNPS, and its address is 16 South Williams Street in Dayton.