Places G Pike Wants to Go

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

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

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

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

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

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

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

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

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.

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