Staten Island, New York
National Lighthouse Museum
This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Staten Island, New York
This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Akron, Ohio
This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Blink and you’ll miss it—the tiniest street in America packs a lot of charm into just a few steps.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
An Ohio man paved the way for the future of American transportation.
Dayton, Ohio
This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Dayton, Ohio
The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.
Dayton, Ohio
The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.
Dayton, Ohio
A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.
Springfield, Ohio
A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Columbus, Ohio
This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.
Cleveland, Ohio
The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.
Cleveland, Ohio
A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
Kent, Ohio
This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
New York, New York
From church to drug den nightclub to gym, few New York buildings have had as many diverse uses as this one
Brooklyn, New York
Every spring brings a colorful tribute to this wizardly actor's most famous role.
New York, New York
A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.
Brooklyn, New York
This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.