Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

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

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

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.

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

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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.

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

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

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

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

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

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

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