Places BethWH Wants to Go

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.