You do not need a plane ticket to walk through a rainforest. This Ohio botanical garden has one under a glass dome, complete with misters, giant ferns, and a waterfall you can hear before you see.
A few steps away, a desert garden bristles with cacti and succulents from another continent. The contrast is sharp, unexpected, and exactly why locals keep coming back.
There are no labels in nature, but here, the plants tell stories of faraway places without a single passport stamp. Families crowd the butterfly house, where wings flutter past shoulders…