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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Toledo

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Toledo, Ohio

Updated September 12, 2024
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Toledo, Ohio

Jimmy Carter's Hot Dog Bun

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
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Toledo, Ohio

Blair Museum of Lithophanes

This unique collection collects pieces of art etched into thin pieces of stone.

Toledo, Ohio

Art Tatum Celebration Column

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.
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The Cloister

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.
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Der Maibaum (The Maypole)

A focal point for the German American Festival-Society symbolizing the "Spirit of Unity' and fellowship for the Toledo area.
4 miles from Toledo
1915 Michigan border post

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Michigan's Lost Peninsula

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
6 miles from Toledo

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Turtle Island

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.
10 miles from Toledo

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Jimmy Carter's Hot Dog Bun

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Stories About Toledo

Methods for determining if love is true date back centuries. In the early 1900s, serious scientists and penny-arcade entrepreneurs alike tried to measure the emotion.

Inside a Decades-Long Quest to Measure Love

The journey of the "Love Tester," from serious-seeming science to the penny-arcade amusements.
by April White, Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2023
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