Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Squire's Castle
Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Dearborn, Michigan
Edison's Last Breath
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Dearborn, Michigan
Dymaxion House
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Duquesne Incline
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
McConnelsville, Ohio
Big Muskie Bucket
All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.
Fairfield, Ohio
Jungle Jim's International Market
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Loveland, Ohio
Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Dearborn, Michigan
The Roundhouse at Greenfield Village
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Grave Creek Mound
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Cameron, West Virginia
Archive of the Afterlife
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Toledo, Ohio
Jimmy Carter's Hot Dog Bun
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
Cleveland, Ohio
Balto the Sled Dog
The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.
Florence, Oregon
Sea Lion Caves
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Pipestone, Minnesota
Giant Pipe of Pipestone
A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Blue Earth, Minnesota
Jolly Green Giant Statue
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Chantilly, Virginia
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Arlington, Virginia
Rosslyn Metro Escalator
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Washington, D.C.
Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Delaware, Ohio
The Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace Gas Station
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.
Cleveland, Ohio
World's Largest Rubber Stamp
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
