Places bjcrenshaw Wants to Go

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

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

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.