Pineville, Kentucky
Chained Rock
This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.
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Pineville, Kentucky
This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.
Terre Haute, Indiana
The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.
Boyne City, Michigan
Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.
East Lansing, Michigan
Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
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
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Dayton, Ohio
A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.
Toledo, Ohio
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
West Liberty, Ohio
These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."
West Liberty, Ohio
This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.