Places chrissyml Wants to Go

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

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

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.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

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

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

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

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

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

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

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.

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.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

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

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.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

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

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

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.