Places cliffordzang Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

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

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.