Columbus, Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker Childhood Home
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Columbus, Ohio
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Alliance, Ohio
A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.
Canton, Ohio
The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
Fortville, Indiana
The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.
Alexandria, Indiana
Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.