Omaha, Nebraska
Old Lincoln Highway in Omaha
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
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Omaha, Nebraska
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Omaha, Nebraska
A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Millwood, Virginia
Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
White Post, Virginia
An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.
Lyndhurst, Virginia
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
Columbus, Ohio
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Columbus, Ohio
A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Columbus, Ohio
This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Columbus, Ohio
An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Columbus, Ohio
A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.
Galloway, Ohio
Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.
Dayton, Ohio
The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.