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This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

The childhood home of a Hollywood legend.

A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.