Ashtabula, Ohio
Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Monument
A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.
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Ashtabula, Ohio
A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Elmira, New York
The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
Elmira, New York
All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.
Binghamton, New York
A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.
Binghamton, New York
An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.
Binghamton, New York
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
Angola, New York
Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.
Eden, New York
This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.
Providence, Rhode Island
Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.
Mentor, Ohio
A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.
Portland, Oregon
At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Buffalo, New York
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
East Otto, New York
A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Tacoma, Washington
A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.