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In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

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.

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

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

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

See the nearly two-century-old ruins of pre-railroad America at the former site of a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal.

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

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

The remains of a failed canal can be found in several towns near Lake St. Clair and is known historically as "Mason's Folly."

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.