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Site of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I a Woman' Speech

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Goodyear Airdock

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
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The Glendale Steps

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
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John Brown Monument

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.
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B.F. Goodrich Co. Smokestacks

This former factory has deep ties to rubber production in Akron.
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For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.
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Cathedral Tower

An unfinished revolving restaurant on a church campus towers over suburban Northeast Ohio
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