Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield Memorial Museum
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
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Mansfield, Ohio
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
Hilliard, Ohio
A retro walk through the history of the tube.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Windber, Pennsylvania
An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.